US 11,869,054 B2
Method and system to facilitate transactions
Marc Peter Hosein, Saratoga, CA (US); Selina Lam, Castro Valley, CA (US); and Han-Shen Yuan, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to EBAY INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/841,127.
Application 17/841,127 is a continuation of application No. 17/024,119, filed on Sep. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,379,894.
Application 17/024,119 is a continuation of application No. 16/142,219, filed on Sep. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,803,503.
Application 16/142,219 is a continuation of application No. 14/668,529, filed on Mar. 25, 2015, granted, now 10,096,051.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/972,682, filed on Mar. 31, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0318872 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/08 (2012.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06Q 50/08 (2012.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0613 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0619 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/08 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06Q 50/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
accessing, by a first web server hosting a context setter website, an image to be posted at the context setter website;
associating the image with an identification linking the image to a listing maintained at a second web server hosting an on-line trading platform;
embedding, on the first web server, a link to a transaction flow facilitated by the on-line trading platform within the image for the listing maintained at the on-line trading platform;
detecting, by the first web server, an indication of a user interest with respect to an item associated with the image;
in response to detecting the indication of the user interest, causing, by the first web server, display of a visual control selectable to launch the transaction flow without leaving the context setter website on the first web server; and
in response to selection of the visual control, launching, by the first web server, the transaction flow from the embedded link on the first web server of the context setter website.