US 11,748,792 B2
Method and apparatus for requesting products
Robert Kalin, Brooklyn, NY (US); Christopher Maguire, Philadelphia, PA (US); Haim Schoppik, Jersey City, NJ (US); and Jared Tarbell, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to Etsy, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Etsy, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/144,943.
Application 17/144,943 is a continuation of application No. 16/144,640, filed on Sep. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,915,935.
Application 16/144,640 is a continuation of application No. 12/017,501, filed on Jan. 22, 2008, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/881,790, filed on Jan. 19, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2021/0158412 A1, May 27, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/06 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0611 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of facilitating communication between users, comprising:
accepting, by one or more computers, a first set of electronic messages including item information for an item provided by a first user;
processing, by the one or more computers, the item information, including generating summary data that summarizes information about the item; and
receiving, from one or more other users, a request specifying one or more features of an item;
in response to receiving the request:
generating, by the one or more computers, a user interface that presents the generated summary data for the item; and
providing the generated user interface to a client device of the one or more other users;
receiving, by the one or more computers, data that is generated by interaction, by a given user from among the one or more other users, with a control presented with the generated summary data that is presented in the user interface;
responding, by the one or more computers, to the request with an additional interface that accepts information about the item from the given user;
accepting, by the one or more computers, a second set of electronic messages about the item that is submitted through a field presented in the additional interface at the client device of the given user; and
in response to accepting the second set of electronic messages about the item, establishing a private message exchange between the given user and the first user that enables the given user and the first user to exchange private messages.