Ebay, Incorporated

Angie Ruan

Vadim Geshel

Yitao Yao

Sergiy Pereshyvaylo

Kam Kasravi

Maxim Drobintsev

In some examples, a method includes identifying a first listing and an additional listing having one or more characteristics in common, the first listing and the additional listing published on an online marketplace; receiving a request to perform an operation on the first listing and the additional listing; in response to the request, generating a batch of events based on the operation, the batch of events including a first event to be performed on the first listing and a second event to be performed on the additional listing; performing the first event on the first listing and the second event on the additional listing.

Business event processing

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 are provided. 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.

Negotiation platform in an online environment

In one example, a system comprises one or more processors to execute a business event processing module. The business event processing module is configured to receive a request to perform an operation on a listing published by an online marketplace, identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of published listings including the listing, and automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing. The system includes a last event processor to determine a performance of the operation on a last instance of the at least one additional listing.

In one example embodiment, a system comprises a processor-implemented event processor accessible over a network; a processor-implemented event producer associated with the event processor and configured to monitor an action or directive of a consumer resource and, in response to a detected action or directive, generate an event and event metadata; a processor-implemented converter associated with the event processor configured to acquire the event metadata and generate a generic event based on the acquired event metadata; and a transporter configured to distribute the generic event to a plurality of consumer resources.

Disclosed in some examples is a method including receiving a selection of an outline template; displaying the outline template in an image preview screen of a digital image capture device; responsive to a capture of an image of the digital image capture device, cropping the image to an outline of the outline template; positioning the cropped image over a second image and sending a combined image formed from the image positioned over the second image to a commerce server, the combined image for use as a product image.

Normalized images for item listings

In one example, an apparatus comprises processors to execute a business event processing module. The module is configured to receive a request to perform an operation on a first listing in a set of listings and identify, in the set of listings, additional listings having certain characteristics in common with the first listing. The operation is automatically performed on the additional listings and a performance of the operation on a last instance of the additional listings is determined by a last event processor.

In one example embodiment, a system comprises an event processing module accessible over a network; an event producer module associated with the event processing module and configured to monitor an action or directive of a consumer resource and, in response to a detected action or directive, generate an event and event metadata. The system further includes a conversion module associated with the event processing module and configured to acquire the event metadata and generate a generic event based on the acquired event metadata, and a transport module configured to distribute the generic event to a plurality of consumer resources.

Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate receive a request to perform an operation on a first listing previously listed by a marketplace participant at an online market location; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously listed second 1istings including the first listing; and to automatically to perform the operation on the at least one additional listing.

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.

Negotiation platform in an online environment using buyer reputations

Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate to receiving a request to perform an operation on a listing previously published by an online marketplace; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously published listings including the listing; and to automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing. The operation may include performing an inventory check on the at least one additional listing.

Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate to receive a request to perform an operation on a listing previously published by an online marketplace; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously published listings including the listing; and to automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing.

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Los Gatos, CA, United States of America

Angie Ruan