Dynamically generating a reduced item price
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorAlpha Kamchiu Luk
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Abstract
A system may receive information representing a first item and an item price of the first item from a first user device operated by a buyer. The first item may be available for sale by a merchant of a brick-and-mortar store. A plurality of sellers may be identified, the plurality of sellers may list a second item as being available for sale at the calculated reduced item price in an item listing for the second item. Moreover, the second item may be similar to the first item. A reduced item price may be calculated based on the item price of the first item received from the user device, the reduced item price representing a price lower than the item price of the first item. The item listing for the second item available for sale may be presented to the first user device operated by the buyer.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- one or more hardware processors;
- memory to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a user device, information representing a first item and an item price of the first item available for sale;
- identifying a plurality of item listings that list at least a second item having similar characteristics to the first item and being separate from the first item;
- calculating an item price range based on the item price of the first item and a price range for the second item, the item price range including a item price within a predetermined range from the item price of the first item;
- identifying at least one of the plurality of item listings that list the second item as available for sale at a price within the item price range;
- and
- causing the at least one of the plurality of item listings to be displayed by the first user device.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor from a user device, information representing a first item and an item price of the first item available for sale;
- identifying a plurality of item listings that list at least a second item having similar characteristics to the first item and being separate from the first item;
- calculating an item price range based on the item price of the first item and a price range for the second item, the item price range including an item price within a predetermined range from the item price of the first item;
- identifying at least one of the plurality of item listings that list the second item as available for sale at a price within the item price range;
- and
- causing the at least one of the plurality of item listings to be displayed by the first user device.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a user device, information representing a first item and an item price of the first item available for sale;
- identifying a plurality of item listings that list at least a second item having similar characteristics to the first item and being separate from the first item,
- calculating a item price range based on the item price of the first item and a price range for the second item, the item price range including a item price within a predetermined range from the item price of the first item;
- identifying at least one of the plurality of item listings that list the second item as available for sale at a price within the item price range;
- and
- causing the at least one of the plurality of item listings to be displayed by the first user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.