Ebay, Incorporated

Paypal, Inc.

Andrew John Melnick

Bhupendra G Jain

Zhenyin Yang

Vikram Subramaniam

Erik Rannala

Janet Lee

Gunshekar Cemballi

Ghufran Ahmed

Jamie Iannone

Annupreet Sidana

George B Petkov

Loic Tregan

Richard Dean Henderson

Nicholas Whyte

Swati Agarwal

Davide Libenzi

Amit Basu

Thomas Pan

Pradeep Sankaranthi

Jagadish Nallapaneni

Carson Hoffacker

Gang He

Mel Sun

Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates index information components in real-time based on a database that is time-stamped. The system updates index information at a plurality of query node servers based on the index information components. A query engine receives a search query from a client machine and identifies search results based on the query and the index information. The system communicates the search results, over the network, to the client machine.

Systems and methods to build and utilize a search infrastructure

A method and a system to promote a publication are provided. In example embodiments, data is received from a user that is used to create a publication for placement on a networked-based system. An indication to promote the publication on the networked-based system is received. A user interface through which the user selects an option to promote the publication on the network-based system is presented. The publication is published on the network-based system, whereby the publication is promoted based on the option selected to promote the publication.

System and method to promote a publication

A method and a system to publish a promotion at a point-of-sale are provided. For example, a preliminary selection associated with a purchase from a user may be received. A promotion may be published to the user at a point-of-sale associated with the purchase after the user makes the preliminary selection and before the user finalizes the purchase. The promotion may be based on at least one attribute of past transactions and the preliminary selection.

Point-of-sale promotions

A method and system to publish a promotion at a point-of-sale are provided. For example, a preliminary selection associated with a purchase from a user may be received. A promotion may be published to the user at a point-of-sale associated with the purchase after the user makes the preliminary selection and before the user finalizes the purchase. The promotion may be based on at least one attribute, where the at least one attribute is selected from a group including a user attribute and an attribute associated with the preliminary selection.

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Andrew John Melnick