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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2010
Mayank Sachan, Seattle, WA (US);
Manish R. Bansal, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Lipi Sanghi, Delhi, IN;
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A source identification service is described that identifies sources for items of interest that are provided by a network-based service and may benefit from additional sources. The source identification service may identify sources for an item of interest in response to receipt a request. In one aspect, the source identification service may conduct a search of a network-based information resource using keywords pertaining to the item of interest to obtain a listing of sources capable of providing the item of interest. A source score may be generated for respective sources and compared to a selected value to identify potential sources for further consideration. The potential sources may also be filtered based upon selected criteria to refine the list of potential sources. An offer may be provided by the source identification service inviting the source to provide the item of interest on the network-based service.