Ebay, Incorporated

Yahoo! Inc.

Leonard Robert Speiser

Edward O'Neil Garcia

David Raccah

Benjamin David Foster

Andrew Leigh Sandler

Lori Kathleen Stewart

Charles Zoran Kalko

Sterling Ryan Quick

Anne Chang Raimondi

Michael Speiser

According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method to facilitate generating listing recommendations to a user of a network-based commerce system. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a term associated with a user interaction in a network-based commerce system. The method further includes generating a recommendation query including the identified term. In addition, the method includes running the recommendation query against a plurality of listings hosted by the network-based commerce system to identify a recommendation. Moreover, the method includes presenting the recommendation to a user of the network-based commerce system.

Listing recommendation using generation of a user-specific query in a network-based commerce system

A system for automated reward management for network-based contests includes one or more processors and memory coupled to the processors, where the memory stores program instructions executable by the processors to implement a contest manager. The contest manager is configured to collect an entry fee corresponding to each entry of a plurality of entries submitted for a contest over a network, and provide a prize to a winning entry of the contest based at least in part on a total amount of entry fees collected for the contest.

Automated reward management for network-based contests

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 corresponding to a search criteria. A buyer request response module adds a response to the buyer request listing, the response comprising a reference to a listing for an item offered for sale on the system.

System to recommend listing categories for buyer request listings

System to provide buyer wanted request listings

Listing recommendation in a network-based commerce system

A system and method to provide wanted ad listings within an e-commerce system. Wanted ads are posted by buyers of goods and services seeking to purchase items described within the wanted ad listings. Sellers of goods and services on the e-commerce server respond to wanted ad listings by providing a response on the wanted ad listing that provides a reference to the seller's listings for items currently being offered for sale. Buyers may use these responses from sellers to locate items matching wanted items. Buyers then may purchase the items offered for sale.

Method and system to provide wanted ad listing within an e-commerce system

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Redwood City, CA, United States of America

Leonard Robert Speiser