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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180800 | Shopping context engine A system receives context data associated with a context and a user. The system then associates the context data to a user identifier and retrieves data associated with the context. The system then filters the data according to the context data to create result data... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180683 | Method and system for providing order status information using an update status flag A method and system for providing account status information using an update status flag to receive status information pertaining to a customer account. It is determined whether the received status information is new relative to further status information stored wit... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176119 | System and method for dynamically changing the content of an internet web page A host Web page includes an evolving interactive dialog box wherein an Internet user may enter user data to be processed. When the user completes entering user data in a first revolution of the interactive dialog box, the first revolution is replaced with a second r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176040 | Method and system for a transparent application of multiple queries across multiple data sources According to a fourth aspect there is provided a system to receive a request to search for the data. The system performs a search of a logical table based on a single criterion to identify a plurality of rows in the logical table. The system generates a first plural... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176032 | System and method for automatically publishing data items associated with an event Systems and methods are disclosed to automatically publish data items associated with a news event. In one example embodiment, a method comprises monitoring search queries associated with a search query category, detecting a change in a search request frequency asso... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175938 | Method and system for facilitating merchant-initiated online payments A method and system for facilitating merchant-initiated online payments are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a payment service provider's server receives a user's request, via a merchant's server, to establish a merchant-initiated payment... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175910 | Marketing allocation request systems A computerized method and a system for marketing planning and marketing program development are provided. In example embodiments, the method may include receiving a marketing program proposal including program information. The method may also include facilitating a ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169443 | Method and system to pre-fetch data in a network A system, a computer readable storage medium including instructions, and a computer-implemented method of pre-fetching in a network. A request is received from a user device for a first web page, the first web page being upstream of other web pages in a page flow. T... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166023 | Systems and methods for providing multi-directional visual browsing Systems and methods for multi-directional visual browsing on an electronic device are described. In example embodiments, a primary result and a peripheral result associated with a user of a client device are determined. A display layout based on attributes associate... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160933 | Method and system to automate payment for a commerce transaction A method and system to automate payment for a network-based commerce transaction provide a buyer an option to enable an automatic payment service, wherein automatic payment service automatically provides payment to a seller upon a termination event of a network-base... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160928 | Network-based commerce facility offer management methods and systems Various embodiments include systems, methods, and software to manage offers in a network-based commerce system. One embodiment includes providing sellers an option when listing an item for sale to receive best offers for the item from buyers. This embodiment further... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150894 | Method and system for communicating user interfaces between first and second users over a network A system and a method for communicating selected search results are described. The system generates a first user interface that includes a first plurality of items and a first plurality of selection functions. The first plurality of items is respectively associated ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150847 | System and method to transform results of client requests using client uploaded presentation formats Method and apparatus to facilitate access to a network-based publication system. In an embodiment, a user or third party affiliate of a network-based publication system uploads a style sheet or other presentation format file to a database in the network-based public... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150772 | Biometric authentication of mobile financial transactions by trusted service managers A method for authenticating a financial transaction at a point of sale (POS) includes storing an application program in a first secure element of a mobile phone. The application is configured to generate instruction codes to effect the financial transaction upon ver... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145730 | Method and system to transmit data Methods and systems for transmitting data are disclosed. In one embodiment a user interface module causes a first information field to be presented as part of a graphical user interface, receives information entered in the first information field, and detects that a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145662 | Methods and apparatus for generating a data dictionary There is provided a method and system generate a data dictionary for searching data items stored in an information resource. In one embodiment, the system generates a list of synonyms for keywords entered in search queries to the system. A keyword and synonym form a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145638 | Multi-pass data organization and automatic naming A method and a system to organize a data set into groups of data subsets in multiple passes using different parameters and to automatically name the groups is disclosed. For example, a data set is retrieved in accordance with a search query submitted by a user. The ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145541 | Merchandising for higher bids A method and a system facilitate merchandising for higher bids. In example embodiments, a proposed price for a first listing may be received from a user. In response to receiving of the proposed price, a message may be conveyed to the user when the proposed price is... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140510 | System and method for handling item listings with generic attributes A system for storing a plurality of items across different categories in a database including a database that stores a data structure that has item entries for items of different categories. Each item entry includes one or more associated attributes. The attributes ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140424 | Method and system to implement seller authorized buying privileges within a network-based shopping facility A method that commences by receiving a bid for a particular sales listing from a first bidder that is not pre-approved to bid on the particular sales listing. The method continues by restricting the bid for the particular sales listing from the bidding process assoc... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138630 | Solar powered system with grid backup A system includes a solar power subsystem that receives power from one or more solar power arrays. A storage control subsystem is coupled to the solar power subsystem to charge a battery from the power received by the solar power subsystem. A grid power control subs... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135824 | Method and system to detect a network deficiency A system to detect a network deficiency, in one example embodiment, comprises a receiving module to receive utilization metrics of at least one network resource, wherein the utilization metrics are collected and made available at a network level, an aggregator to ag... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135785 | System and method for processing messages using pluggable protocol processors in a service-oriented pipeline architecture A computer-implemented system and method for processing messages using pluggable protocol processors in a service-oriented pipeline architecture is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment includes receiving a message having a protocol-specific portion and a p... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132238 | System and method for identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials A computer-implemented system and method for pool-based identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment includes providing provisioning information for storage in a provisioning repositor... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132112 | Live search chat room One embodiment provides a system of exchanging information between a first party and a second party over a network. The system includes an interface module to prompt a query from a first party by a first key word search and to prompt a query from a second party by a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131752 | Breaking documents A system receives a document including a plurality of items. The system then breaks the document into a plurality of subdocuments corresponding to the plurality of items and indexes the plurality of subdocuments. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131722 | Search clustering In one example embodiment, a method is illustrated as including retrieving item data from a plurality of listings, the item data filtered from noise data, constructing at least one base cluster having at least one document with common item data stored in a suffix or... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126778 | Network reputation and payment service This document discusses, among other things, example embodiments of a transaction system that may receive, over a network, a first set of transaction data associated with a transaction for an item. In an example embodiment, a reputation application may adjust a rati... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121905 | Merchandising items of topical interest Various embodiments are described herein that provide one or more of a systems, methods, software, and data structures within an Internet marketplace context that are useful to promote products that may be associated with an event occurrence. Some embodiments furthe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117231 | Method and system for categorizing items in both actual and virtual categories Articles of manufacture and methods are described. Specifically, the methods include constructing category structures within a database, classifying a data item within a database, and facilitating location of a data item within a database are described. A first meth... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117081 | System to recommend listing categories for buyer request listings A system comprises a buyer request creation module to receive a buyer request listing, the buyer request creation module automatically to determine a listing category for the buyer request listing. A buyer request searching module locates a buyer request listing cor... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117060 | Geographic demand distribution and forecast A computerized method and a system for providing geographic demand distribution and forecast are provided. Example embodiments may include receiving a criterion to identify an item and searching a database for data associated with a geographic distribution of demand... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112431 | Method and system for processing search requests Methods and system for processing search requests are described. In one embodiment, a term of a search request may be received. A determination of whether the term is a meta-keyword may be made. One or more linguistically transformed keywords associated with the met... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112353 | Payment service to efficiently enable electronic payment A method to forward a browser client is disclosed. The method comprises storing information at a payment service server. The information includes a return network address corresponding to a interface hosted by a merchant server. Next, the method performs the step of... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112329 | Consolidating leads received from potential renters for billing a lister In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated to bill a lister using consolidated leads received from potential renters. The system and method include receiving from at least one potential renter, at least one lead directed to a property listing a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108518 | Prioritization of third party access to an online commerce site Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the onlin... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108318 | Trusted service manager (TSM) architectures and methods A client device comprises a first secure element and a second secure element. The first secure element comprises a first computer-readable medium having a payment application comprising instructions for causing the client device to initiate a financial transaction. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108278 | Non-reversible payment processing Methods and system for non-reversible payment processing are described. In one embodiment, a request for non-reversible payment for a sender may be received. The request for non-reversible payment may include a payment amount and a payment receiver identifier. The p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108277 | Sales system with buyer price selection A networked sales method is disclosed that includes presenting price choices to a user for an item on a sales screen via a network. Available supply and sales activity level information about actions by other users for the item for which the price choices are presen... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104020 | Method and system to automate software testing using sniffer side and browser side recording and a toolbar interface A method and system to automate software testing using sniffer side and browser side recording and a toolbar interface are described. In one embodiment, a system tests programming code associated with a website and creates a first test case. In another embodiment, t... | 01/24/2012 |
