Viewing shopping information on a network-based social platform

US007945482B2

(12) Ullltfild States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,945,482 B2 Law et al. (45) Date of Patent: May 17, 2011 (54) VIEWING SHOPPING INFORMATION ON A (56) References Cited NETWORK-BASED SOCIAL PLATFORM U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (75) Inventors: Philip Law, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Yuan 6,587,835 B1 7/2003 Treyz et al. Der Ho, San Mateo, CA (US); Choon 6,963,179 131* 11/2005 De Vfies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 455/4141 @A<Us>; skyb?1'g= _CamPbe11= (US); 7:720:72; B2 5/2010 HO et 31, i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ii Massimiliano Mancini, San Jose, CA 2004/0172456 A1* 9/2004 Green et a1, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, _, 709/207 (US); Adam Trachtenberg, San 2005/0154639 A1* 7/2005 Zetrneir ...... .. 705/14 Francisco, CA (US); Trisha Lee Okubos 2005/0198031 Al * 9/2005 Pezaris et al. 707/9 San Jose CA (US) 2005/0276277 Ai ii i2/2005 Pace """"""""""""""" " 370/465 ’ 2006/0031869 Al 2/2006 Bruner 2006/0085259 Al 4/2006 Nicholas et al. (73) Assignee: eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US) (Continued) ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 W0 WO2009025855 Al 2/2009 U.S.C. l54(b) by 0 days. (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 11/963,426 OTHER PUBLICATIONS _ Kaboodlecom as archived on Aug. 13, 2006 and Aug. 30, 2006* (22) Filed: Dec. 21, 2007 (Continued) (65) Prior Piibiicaiioii Data Primary Examiner — Bradley B Bayat US 2009/0055285 Al Feb. 26, 2009 Assistant Examiner — Courtney Stopp (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Schwegman, Lundberg & Related U.S. Application Data Woessner, P~A~ (60) Provisional application No. 60/ 957,645, filed on Aug. (57) ABSTRACT 23, 2007 A system for viewing shopping infonnation on a social networking platfonn. At the social networking platform, the (51) Int C]_ system receives a request from a first user of the social netG06Q 30/00 (2()()6_()1) working platform to view a list associated with a second user G06Q 99/00 (2()()6_()1) on the social networking platfonn. The list may include items (52) U.S. Cl. ................... .. 705/26.1; 705/26.7; 705/26.8; eflered fer Sale en e‘ ne‘W°rk‘b?‘eed mer_ke‘P1e°e; NeX‘> the 705/319; 705/271 systemtdeiterritiliiitis the firsdt user 1; autllliortilzed IOtV1€W the list (58) Field of Classification Search .................. .. 705/26, aiS°°‘a e W.‘ ii‘ Sewn “Se” ma Y’ e Sys em °°mm“' 705/27 319 nicates the list of items to the first user.