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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Richard B. Gorelick, New York, NY (US);
Steven G. Madere, Austin, TX (US);
Michael D. Mccartney, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew W. Mengerink, Austin, TX (US);
David J. Wilson, Austin, TX (US);
Richard B. Gorelick, New York, NY (US);
Steven G. Madere, Austin, TX (US);
Michael D. McCartney, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew W. Mengerink, Austin, TX (US);
David J. Wilson, Austin, TX (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system to automatically insert a hyperlink into a webpage containing text is described. The system comprises at least one processor and at least one software component. The at least one software component is executable by the at least one processor to receive, via, a network, the text. The at least one software component further compares a portion of the text to at least one character string that is stored in a database to identify the portion of the text as included in both the webpage and the database. The portion of the text is a name of a product and is associated with the hyperlink. The at least one software component is further executable to cause an insertion of the hyperlink into the webpage and to communicate the name of the product to a producer of the text. The name of the product is included in the webpage by the producer of the portion of the text.