Time- and geolocation-limited marketplace
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsMuhammad Anzar Afaq, Emily Zhang, Ran Chen, Frederik van Voorden
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Abstract
In some embodiments, an app provides a geolocation-limited marketplace limited to a pre-defined period of time. The geolocation-limited marketplace is accessible only by the users in a predefined geographical area. Typically, the predefined geographical area is limited to an area small enough for a user to walk from one end to the other in a short period of time. The pre-defined period of time is of some limited length of time that may occur at a pre-defined interval. In some instances, the period of time is one hour.
Claims20
A method for listing a product for sale on an electronic publication system, the method comprising:
- providing, to a client machine, a first user interface configured for displaying images of products offered for sale at a physical store located within a geographical area;
- receiving a signal requesting access to a displayed item;
- receiving data indicative of a shape of a geographic area within which the displayed item is physically available for sale;
- determining that the client machine is located within the geographic area;
- and
- responsive to determining that the client machine is located within the geographic area, granting access to the displayed item.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable hardware storage devices having embedded therein a set of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a computer, causes the computer to execute operations for conducting a location restricted remote access transaction between an electronic publication system and a client machine, the operations comprising:
- providing, to a client machine, a first user interface configured for displaying images of products offered for sale at a physical store located within a geographical area;
- receiving a signal requesting access to a displayed item;
- receiving data indicative of a shape of a geographic area within which the displayed item is physically available for sale;
- determining that the client machine is located within the geographic area;
- and
- responsive to determining that the client machine is located within the geographic area, granting access to the displayed item.
A system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- and
- memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- providing, to a client machine, a first user interface configured for displaying images of products offered for sale at a physical store located within a geographical area;
- receiving a signal requesting access to a displayed item;
- receiving data indicative of a shape of a geographic area within which the displayed item is physically available for sale;
- determining that the client machine is located within the geographic area;
- and
- responsive to determining that the client machine is located within the geographic area, granting access to the displayed item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.