Systems and methods for reseller discovery and analysis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9626682-B2
Application number	US-201213627559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2012
Priority date	Feb 8, 2012
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

Methods and systems relating to a reseller analysis tool are described. In some embodiments, electronic commerce transaction information associated with a plurality of electronic commerce transactions occurring using an electronic commerce system is received at the electronic commerce system. A set of resale transactions from the plurality of electronic commerce transactions is identified using the electronic commerce transaction information, including identifying the set of resale transactions based on resale criteria capable of indicating a sale of an item by an entity that previously purchased the item using the electronic commerce transaction system. A set of rules associated with resale transactions is generated, including generating the set of rules based on the electronic commerce transaction information associated with the set of resale transactions. Based on the set of rules, user transaction information relevant to a transaction associated with a user is provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic commerce system comprising:
a hardware-implemented transaction information management module configured to receive electronic commerce transaction information associated with a plurality of electronic commerce transactions occurring using the electronic commerce system;
a hardware-implemented resale information analysis module in communication with the transaction information management module and configured to:
identify a set of currently pending or completed resale transactions from the plurality of electronic commerce transactions using the electronic commerce transaction information including identifying the set of currently pending or completed resale transactions based on resale criteria capable of indicating a sale of an item by an entity that previously purchased the item using the electronic commerce transaction system, and generate a set of rules associated with resale transactions including generating the set of rules based on the electronic commerce transaction information associated with the set of currently pending or completed resale transactions; and

a hardware-implemented user resale information module configured to, based on the set of rules, provide user transaction information relevant to a currently pending transaction associated with a user.

2. The electronic commerce system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic commerce transaction information includes values of items bought or sold during the plurality of electronic commerce transactions.

3. The electronic commerce system of claim 1 , wherein the user transaction information is relevant to a potential sale or a potential purchase of an item.

4. The electronic commerce system of claim 3 , wherein the user transaction information includes a recommendation relevant to the potential sale or the potential purchase of the item.

5. The electronic commerce system of claim 4 , wherein the recommendation indicates whether to complete the potential sale or the potential purchase of the item.

6. The electronic commerce system of claim 1 , wherein the user resale information module is further configured to receive from the user a request for the user transaction information, the user transaction information being provided in response to the request.

7. The electronic commerce system of claim 1 , wherein the resale information analysis module is further configured to determine a user commonality between user accounts on the electronic commerce system, the set of resale transactions being identified based on the user commonality.

8. The electronic commerce system of claim 1 , wherein the set of rules associated with the resale transactions includes rules indicating optimal times to buy or sell particular items.

9. The electronic commerce system of claim 1 , wherein the resale information analysis module is further configured to identify the set of resale transactions based on a category associated with each transaction of the set of resale transactions.

10. The electronic commerce system of claim 1 , wherein the set of currently pending or completed resale transactions includes a resale transaction of a first item associated with a first description and being sold by a first entity, the first item previously purchased by the first entity through a purchase transaction associated with a second description of the first item, the second description being different than the first description.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at an electronic commerce system, electronic commerce transaction information associated with a plurality of electronic commerce transactions occurring using the electronic commerce system;
identifying, using a processor at the electronic commerce system, a set of currently pending or completed, resale transactions from the plurality of electronic commerce transactions using the electronic commerce transaction information including identifying the set of currently pending or completed resale transactions based on resale criteria capable of indicating a sale of an item by an entity that previously purchased the item using the electronic commerce transaction system;
generating a set of rules associated with resale transactions including generating the set of rules based on the electronic commerce transaction information associated with the set of currently pending or completed resale transactions; and
based on the set of rules, providing user transaction information relevant to a currently pending transaction associated with a user.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the electronic commerce transaction information includes receiving values of items bought or sold during the plurality of electronic commerce transactions.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein providing the user transaction information includes providing transaction information being relevant to a potential sale or a potential purchase of an item.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein providing the user transaction information includes providing a recommendation relevant to the potential sale or the potential purchase of the item.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the recommendation indicates whether to complete the potential sale or the potential purchase of the item.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving, from the user, a request for the user transaction information, the user transaction information being provided in response to the request.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining a user commonality between user accounts on the electronic commerce system, the set of resale transactions being identified based on the user commonality.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein generating the set of rules associated with the resale transactions includes generating rules indicating optimal manners of displaying an item being sold.

19. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, comprising:
receiving, at an electronic commerce system, electronic commerce transaction information associated with a plurality of electronic commerce transactions occurring using the electronic commerce system;
identifying a set of currently pending or completed resale transactions from the plurality of electronic commerce transactions using the electronic commerce transaction information including identifying the set of currently pending or completed resale transactions based on resale criteria capable of indicating a sale of an item by an entity that previously purchased the item using the electronic commerce transaction system;
generating a set of rules associated with resale transactions including generating the set of rules based on the electronic commerce transaction information associated with the set of currently pending or completed resale transactions; and
based on the set of rules, providing user transaction information relevant to a currently pending transaction associated with a user.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the electronic commerce transaction information includes values of items bought or sold during the plurality of electronic commerce transactions.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the user transaction information is relevant to a pot

Assignees

• Sundaresan Neelakantan
• Shen Zeqian
• Zhao Yuchen
• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Sundaresan Neelakantan
• Shen Zeqian
• Zhao Yuchen

Classifications

• G06Q30/0631

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q30/00 Primary

  Commerce · CPC title

• G06Q20/12 Primary

  specially adapted for electronic shopping systems · CPC title