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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Alex Dai-Shun Poon, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are facilitates category selection by user in a computerized auction. A category field is provided, containing a plurality of category entries used to categorize an item in the auction. One category entry is selected in the category field and at least one subcategory field is provided, containing a plurality of subcategory entries also used to categorize the item in the auction, the subcategory entries corresponding to the one selected category entry of the plurality of category entries. At least one subcategory entry corresponding to the one selected category entry is further selected in the at least one subcategory field for further processing.