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

US8548866B2 · 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: Jun 1, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2032

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 request supplemental trust information (STI), from over a network, from a third party trust provider. The requesting uses a first predetermined criterion from an item listing that describes a particular item that is offered for sale on a network-based marketplace. The STI includes history information for the particular item that is generated by the third party trust provider. The system then stores and presents at least a portion of the STI.