Methods and systems to supplement a listing via a third party trust provider

US8200543B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dilip Varadarajan · San Jose, US
• Naoki Ogishi · Redwood City, US
• Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy · Sunnyvale, US
• Bin Gong · Nanhu, CN
• Danny Chang · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0613
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments include a method and system to supplement a listing via a third party trust provider. Responsive to an event associated with an item listing, supplemental trust information is requested from a third party trust provider using at least one predetermined criterion from the item listing. At least a portion of the supplemental trust information may be stored in the item listing. A notification may be presented in response to a trigger based on the at least a portion of the STI stored in the item listing.