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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:
Jan. 21, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2012
Applicants:

Scot Fraser Hamilton, Dublin, CA (US);

Matthew Olson, San Jose, CA (US);

Vikas Singh, San Jose, CA (US);

Sean Gates, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Scot Fraser Hamilton, Dublin, CA (US);

Matthew Olson, San Jose, CA (US);

Vikas Singh, San Jose, CA (US);

Sean Gates, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

eBay, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to various exemplary embodiments, an electronic text message is received from a source telephone number, the electronic text message including content describing a product item. A seller of the product item is identified, based on the source telephone number, and the product item is identified, based on the content included in the electronic text message. Thereafter, a draft version of an item listing is automatically generated, where the item listing lists the product item as being for sale by the seller on a marketplace website.


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