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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2012
Alex Dai-shun Poon, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Reed Maltzman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Taylor, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alex Dai-Shun Poon, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Reed Maltzman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Taylor, Los Altos, CA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for communicating a recommended item to a user of a network-based transaction facility are described. The method comprises determining that the user has been unsuccessful in concluding a transaction pertaining to an item offered for sale via the network-based transaction facility, and in response to this determination, communicating information concerning a recommended item to the user over a network. The recommended item is available for purchase via the network-based transaction facility.