Method and apparatus to facilitate generation of invoices combining multiple transactions established utilizing a multi-seller network-based marketplace

US7742947B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul Fu · San Jose, US
• Erik Hansen · San Jose, US
• George Liang · Stuart, US
• Deborah Liu · Santa Clara, US
• Ngan-Ha D. Nguyen · Belmont, US
• Andrew Leigh Sandler · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0605
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, establishment of transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers is supported in a network-based marketplace. As part of an invoice generation process, multiple transactions to which a first user of the network-based marketplace is a party are identified. Further, one or more subsets of these transactions that satisfy combinable criteria are identified, and an invoice is generated for at least one of the identified subsets of transactions.