Method and apparatus to facilitate generation of invoices combining multiple transactions established utilizing a multi-seller network-based marketplace
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsPaul Fu, Erik Beck Hansen, George Liang, Deborah Liu, Ngan-Ha D. Nguyen, Andrew Leigh Sandler
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Abstract
In one embodiment, establishment of transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers is supported in a network-based marketplace. As part of an invoice generation process, multiple transactions to which a first user of the network-based marketplace is a party are identified. Further, one or more subsets of these transactions that satisfy combinable criteria are identified, and an invoice is generated for at least one of the identified subsets of transactions.
Claims10
A computerized method to facilitate invoicing for transactions established between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers in a network-based marketplace, the method including:
- identifying, by a server machine, a plurality of transactions to which a first user is a party;
- identifying, by the server machine, one or more subsets of the plurality of transactions that satisfy combinable criteria relating to combining transactions into a single invoice;
- and
- providing to the first user, by the server machine, an indication of the combinability of transactions of the one or more subsets;
- wherein the identification of the one or more subsets includes identifying each of the transactions of the one or more subsets as being between a common buyer and a common seller of the plurality of buyers and the plurality of sellers in the network-based marketplace.
A machine-readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by the machine, cause the machine to perform a method to facilitate invoicing for transactions established between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers in a network-based marketplace, the method including:
- identifying a plurality of transactions to which a first user is a party;
- identifying one or more subsets of the plurality of transactions that satisfy combinable criteria relating to combining transactions into a single invoice;
- and
- providing to the first user an indication of the combinability of transactions of the one or more subsets;
- wherein the identification of the one or more subsets includes identifying each of the transactions of the one or more subsets as being between a common buyer and a common seller of the plurality of buyers and the plurality of sellers in the network-based marketplace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.