User published auctions in online mediums
AssigneeAuction.com, LLC
InventorRobert Friedman
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Abstract
A method and system is disclosed for user-published interactive widgets for auctions hosted by an auction forum resource. Examples include an auction forum configured to generate a script associated with an auction upon a publisher-request, and to provide the script to be published on the publisher's resource, resulting in an external interactive component displayed on the publisher's resource. Example features may be configured to respond to user inputs submitted from the interactive component. Furthermore, reward logic can be included to issue a reward to the publisher associated with the script request.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for managing an auction forum, the method performed by one or more processors and comprising:
- in response to a publisher request, generating a script that is linked to a specified online auction hosted on the auction forum;
- transmitting the script to be published on an external resource selected by a publisher associated with the publisher request, a published script resulting in an interactive component on the external resource;
- and
- communicating with the interactive component to provide auction content corresponding to the specified online auction.
A system for managing an auction forum, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory resource storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- in response to a publisher request, generate a script that is linked to a specified online auction hosted on the auction forum;
- transmit the script to be published on an external resource selected by a publisher associated with the publisher request, a published script resulting in an interactive component on the external resource;
- and
- communicate with the interactive component to provide auction content corresponding to the specified online auction.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for managing an auction forum that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- in response to a publisher request, generate a script that is linked to a specified online auction hosted on the auction forum;
- transmit the script to be published on an external resource selected by a publisher associated with the publisher request, a published script resulting in an interactive component on the external resource;
- and
- communicate with the interactive component to provide auction content corresponding to the specified online auction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.