# US 8,751,332 B2 · Method and system for facilitating product shopping

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- Number: US 8,751,332 B2
- Document ID: US8751332B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/112,747
- Filed: 2011-05-20
- Published: 2012-11-22
- Granted: 2014-06-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-05-20
- Assignees: eBay Inc.
- Applicants: Maode Mao
- Inventors: Maode Mao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8751332B2

## CPC

- G06Q 30/0629: {by pre-processing results, e.g. ranking or ordering results}
- G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
- G06Q 30/0631: {Recommending goods or services}
- G06Q 30/0641: {utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A method and a system to facilitate finding a product (e.g., camera) and corresponding product accessories are described. A selection of a theme mode from a plurality of theme modes is received. A list of product models and a list of product accessory models based on the theme mode are presented. A selection of a product model combination including a product model and at least one product accessory model respectively from the list of product models and the list of product accessory models is received. A list of product combinations based on the product model combination is retrieved from a database. Each product combination include a product and at least one product accessory respectively supplied from one of product suppliers and one of product accessory suppliers. The list of product combinations may be ranked based on a sum value of a product value and at least one product accessory value in each product combination.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
receiving a selection of a mode from a plurality of product operational modes;
presenting a list of product models and a list of product accessory models based on the mode separately;
receiving a selection of a product model combination including a product model from the list of product models and at least one product accessory model from the list of product accessory models;
retrieving a list of product combinations based on the selected product model combination from a database, each product combination including a product supplied from one of a plurality of product suppliers and at least one product accessory supplied from one of a plurality of product accessory suppliers;
ranking, using one or more processors, the list of product combinations based on a sum value of a product capacity/price ratio of the product and a product accessory capacity/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination; and
presenting the ranked list of product combinations to buyers via a display on a machine to facilitate the buyers in finding a product combination that is attractive to the buyers.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the mode includes a theme mode, wherein the list of product models includes at least one of a list of camera models, a list of video models, and a list of audio models, wherein the list of product accessory models includes at least one of a list of camera accessory models, a list of video accessory models, and a list of audio accessory models, wherein the product includes at least one of a camera product, a video product, and a audio product, and wherein the at least one product accessory includes at least one of a camera accessory, a video accessory, and an audio accessory.

### Claim 3

A system, comprising:
a mode selection interface configured to receive a selection of a mode from a plurality of product operational modes;
a product model combination selection hardware module to receive a selection of a product model combination based on the mode, the product model combination including a product model from a list of product models and a product accessory model from a list of product accessory models;
a product combination search hardware engine to retrieve a list of product combinations based on the product model combination from a database, each of the list of product combinations including a product from one of a plurality of product suppliers and at least one product accessory supplied from one of a plurality of product accessory suppliers;
a processor configured by a product combination ranking hardware module to rank the list of product combinations based on a sum value of a product capacity/price ratio of the product and a product accessory capacity/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination; and
a display on a machine to present the ranked list of product combinations to buyers to facilitate the buyers in finding a product combination that is attractive to the buyers.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, further comprising:
a product model presenting interface configured to present the list of product models based on the mode; and
a product accessory model presenting interface configured to present the list of product accessory models based on the mode.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, further comprising:
a mode storage to store the plurality of theme modes;
a product model storage to store the list of product models;
a product accessory model storage to store the list of product accessory models;
a product storage to store the list of products; and
a product accessory storage to store the list of product accessories.

### Claim 6

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:
receiving a selection of a mode from a plurality of theme modes;
presenting a list of product models and a list of product accessory models based on the mode separately;
receiving a selection of a product era model combination including a product model and at least one product accessory model respectively from the list of product models and the list of product accessory models;
retrieving a list of product combinations based on the product model combination from a database, each product combination including a product and at least one product accessory respectively supplied from one of product suppliers and one of product accessory suppliers;
ranking, using one or more processors, the list of product combinations based on a sum value of a product capacity/price ratio of the product and a product accessory capacity/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination; and
presenting the ranked list of product combinations to buyers via a display to facilitate the buyers in finding a product combination that is attractive to the buyers.