Method and apparatus for facilitating user registration in an on-line auction environment
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorAlex Dai-Shun Poon
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for facilitating a transaction in a network-based transaction facility are described. According to one embodiment, a user associated with the transaction in the network-based transaction facility is identified, and a rating is assigned to the user based on the accuracy of information submitted by the user during the transaction. If the rating exceeds a predetermined threshold, the transaction is completed.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- identifying a user associated with a transaction within a network-based transaction facility;
- assigning, using a processor, a rating to the user based on accuracy of information submitted by the user during the transaction;
- and
- completing the transaction with the network-based transaction facility based on the rating exceeding a predetermined threshold value that is variable.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, which when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a user associated with a transaction within a network-based transaction facility;
- assigning, using the processor, a rating to the user based on accuracy of information submitted by the user during the transaction;
- and
- completing the transaction with the network-based transaction facility based on the rating exceeding a predetermined threshold value that is variable.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for identifying a user associated with a transaction within a network-based transaction facility;
- means for assigning, using a processor, a rating to the user based on accuracy of information submitted by the user during the transaction;
- and
- means for completing the transaction with the network-based transaction facility based on the rating exceeding a predetermined threshold value that is variable.
A method comprising:
- identifying a user associated with a transaction within a network-based transaction facility;
- assigning, using a processor, a rating to the user based on accuracy of information submitted by the user during the transaction, the assigning comprising:
- performing a set of validity checks on the information of the user;
- determining the result of each validity check within the set of validity checks;
- translating the result of each validity check into a numerical score, the numerical score being negative when the validity check fails;
- and
- calculating the rating based on the result of each validity check.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, which when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a user associated with a transaction within a network-based transaction facility;
- assigning a rating to the user based on accuracy of information submitted by the user during the transaction, the assigning comprising:
- performing a set of validity checks on the information of the user;
- determining the result of each validity check within the set of validity checks;
- translating the result of each validity check into a numerical score, the numerical score being negative when the validity check fails;
- and
- calculating the rating based on the result of each validity check.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.