Negotiation platform in an online environment using buyer reputations
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorAngie Ruan
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Abstract
A method and a system for providing a negotiation platform in the event that a listing fails by becoming inactive without the offering being sold. For example, a negotiation eligibility detector may detect a failed listing of an offering. The listing may be associated with a first user and a first offer. A potential buyer detector may identify at least one potential buyer based on a user action associated with the failed listing. A negotiation manager may be in communication with the negotiation eligibility detector and the potential buyer detector. In response to the detecting of the failed listing and the identifying of the potential buyers, the negotiation manager may transmit a request to the at least one potential buyer for a second offer associated with the failed listing.
Claims19
A method performed by one or more processors comprising:
- in a network-based publication system, detecting that a listing is a failed listing, the failed listing associated with an offering and a first user;
- identifying, using the one or more processors, at least one potential buyer to participate in a negotiation with the first user regarding the failed listing, based on a user action associated with the potential buyer and the failed listing, and based on a reputation score of the potential buyer, wherein the identifying of the at least one potential buyer includes assigning a score to the potential buyer based on the user action, modifying the score based on the reputation score of the potential buyer and comparing the modified score with a specific threshold;
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- transmitting a request to the at least one potential buyer for an alternative offer associated with the failed listing, in response to the detecting of the failed listing and the identifying of the at least one potential buyer.
A network based publication system comprising:
- a machine including a memory and at least one processor;
- a negotiation eligibility detector module to detect that a listing is a failed listing, the failed listing associated with an offering and a first user;
- a potential buyer detector module, executable by the machine, to identify at least one potential buyer to participate in a negotiation with the first user regarding the failed listing, based on a user action associated with the potential buyer and the failed listing, and based on a reputation score of the potential buyer, wherein the potential buyer detector module identifies the at least one potential buyer by assigning a score to the potential buyer based on the user action, modifying the score based on the reputation score of the potential buyer, and comparing the modified score with a specific threshold;
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- a negotiation manager module in communication with the negotiation eligibility detector module and the potential buyer detector module to transmit a request to the at least one potential buyer for an offer associated with the failed listing, in response to the detecting of the failed listing and the identifying of the at least one potential buyer.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by one or more machines to perform operations comprising:
- in a network-based publication system, detecting a failed listing, the failed listing associated with an offering and a first user;
- identifying at least one potential buyer to participate in a negotiation with the first user regarding the failed listing, based on a user action associated with the potential buyer and the failed listing, and based on a reputation score of the potential buyer, wherein the identifying of the at least one potential buyer includes assigning a score to the potential buyer based on the user action, modifying the score based on the reputation score of the potential buyer, and comparing the modified score with a specific threshold;
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- transmitting a request to the at least one potential buyer for an offer associated with the failed listing, in response to the detecting of the failed listing and the identifying of the at least one potential buyer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.