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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Issaquah, WA (US);

Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Issaquah, WA (US);

Lui Lui Wong, Seattle, WA (US);

Stephen Moore Davis, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bowen Pan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Christopher Richard Tanner, Redwood City, CA (US);

Francesco Fogu, San Francisco, CA (US);

Shuo Song, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06Q 50/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0611 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0619 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06Q 50/02 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/4015 (2013.01);
Abstract

One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for improving a user experience for performing transactions between potential buyers and sellers online via real-time communications. For example, a social marketplace system enables a potential buyer to initiate a real-time communication with a seller without the potential buyer having to provide contextual information regarding the item to the seller. In one or more embodiments, the social marketplace system provides a banner, in connection with the real-time communication, populated with structured data associated with the item that the potential buyer and the seller are discussing.


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