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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Paul Fu, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Beck Hansen, San Jose, CA (US);
George Liang, Campbell, CA (US);
Deborah Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ngan-ha D. Nguyen, Belmont, CA (US);
Andrew Leigh Sandler, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Fu, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Beck Hansen, San Jose, CA (US);
George Liang, Campbell, CA (US);
Deborah Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ngan-Ha D. Nguyen, Belmont, CA (US);
Andrew Leigh Sandler, San Jose, CA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, establishment of transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers is supported in a network-based marketplace. As part of an invoice generation process, multiple transactions to which a first user of the network-based marketplace is a party are identified. Further, one or more subsets of these transactions that satisfy combinable criteria are identified, and an invoice is generated for at least one of the identified subsets of transactions.