Marketplace system capable of using purchase history data to generate listing request messages

US7614547B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Amazon.com, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul Kotas · Seattle, US
• Neil Roseman · Seattle, US
• Jeffrey P. Bezos · Seattle, US
• Bruce C. Moore · Seattle, US
• Richard L. Dalzell · Seattle, US
• Jeffrey M. Blackburn · Seattle, US
• Michael Martin George · Mercer Island, US
• Erin B. Kenny · San Francisco, US
• Emily M. Tucker · Seattle, US
• Alandra S. Dilley · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2009
• Expiry date: May 27, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic marketplace system provides various features for assisting users in listing products for sale, locating the listings for a product, and performing related actions. A user wishing to sell a product can browse to an existing description of the product in an electronic catalog and then select an option to create a corresponding listing. If the user previously purchased the product via the system, the user may alternatively select the product from a personal purchase history. The system may also proactively send product-specific listing requests to those who have purchased or otherwise indicated ownership of specific products.