摘要:
An administrative tool is provided for auction systems in which auction sellers are permitted to monitor, access and modify their instructions. An enterprise network includes a communication manager, a product ordering/fulfillment application to respond to electronic product purchase requests and initiate fulfillment thereof, the product ordering/fulfillment manager supported by a database representing products available for purchase, an auction manager to manage on-line auctions of products and to respond to electronic bids submitted for products available for purchase, the auction manager supported by a database storing auction records representing the on-line auctions, the auction records including pointers to products from the database of the product ordering/fulfillment manager. A monitoring tool integrated with the auction manager provides statistical information of the on-line auctions to an enterprise representative and permits the representative to control select auctions.
摘要:
A seller may use an existing product catalog in a seller business information management system to generate an auction and populate auction parameters to expedite and facilitate the auction creation process. The information in the product catalog may be used to provide auction parameters (populate auction fields) in addition to adding a product and/or service to the auction. An auction profile may also be defined for a seller and may contain data or rules for generating an auction that may be used to provide additional default values for the auction. One or more auction profiles may be associated with a seller. The seller selects a product from the catalog and chooses a create auction option resulting in an auction being generated from the product information and the profile, if one exists. The seller may then modify the auction parameters and add or drop products before saving the auction.
摘要:
A customer may view auction information in an existing product catalog on a seller e-commerce site. The auction information may be integrated into the product catalog and may inform the customer about both existing auctions and the status of the auctions. For example, an icon may be displayed in the product entry in the product catalog indicated both an existing auction by the presence of the icon and the auction status by the type of icon used. The auction information may include a hyperlink allowing the customer to click on the auction information (e.g., the icon) to rapidly navigate the customer to the auction information. In this manner, a customer may be presented information in a seller e-commerce site from an internal auction system integrated with a product catalog from a seller business information management system.
摘要:
An internal auction system may allow a seller to enter a scheduled auction. The scheduled auction may be a simple scheduled auction and a conditional scheduled auction. The internal auction system may receive parameters for the scheduled auction, determine a scheduled auction as a function of the received parameters, create the scheduled auction, and publish the scheduled auction at a specified start time on a seller e-commerce site visible to a buyer. A simple scheduled auction may be associated with a start time and a duration. A conditional scheduled auction may be associated with a condition and an action to be executed when the condition evaluates to a specified value.
摘要:
A seller may define a template using an internal auction application in an integrated internal auction system that may then be used to generate an auction. The template information may be used to provide auction parameter values and/or product information. The template may be created by copying an existing auction or template which may then be modified or the template may be created by a seller providing specific values for the template information. Template information may consist of specific data and rules that may be used to generate a value for an auction parameter when an auction is, for example, created or published. One or more auction templates may be associated with a seller. The seller may select a template to use when creating an auction in order to expedite the auction creation process. The seller may then modify the auction parameters and/or product information before saving the auction.
摘要:
A system and method are provided for generating a listing on a network-based auction service using a listing template. A listing template is generated using an auction application and a previously created listing and/or a set of user-provided listing information. The listing template is used to create a listing that a seller may tailor or use unmodified. The listing is then communicated to the network-based auction service. A system and method are also provided for generating a plurality of listings on a network-based auction service using a listing template. The listing template may be used to schedule a listing or a plurality of listings with the listing created by the auction application using the listing template and communicated to the network-based auction service as function of the scheduling information. The scheduling of a listing or a plurality of listings may be made using scheduling information such as a publishing date, a publishing frequency (for a plurality of listings), a user-specified interval of time (for a plurality of listings), and a duration period.
摘要:
A monitoring tool that permits a buyer to search for and participate in auctions conducted on a website of the buyer's vendor. The monitoring tool provides a navigation frame having entries therein that represent predetermined searches across both the enterprise auction system and the enterprise product ordering and fulfillment system. The monitoring tool also provides a product description frame that provides summary records of auctions that are relevant to a selected view. By selecting among the navigation entries, a bidder is able to navigate quickly and accurately to auction information that is most relevant to his operations.
摘要:
An internal auction application may allow a seller to create a multiple auction for a plurality of products and allow a buyer to see and bid on the multiple auction as appropriate. The internal auction application may receive parameters for the multiple auction from the seller and an associated plurality of auctions may be determined for the multiple auction as a function of the parameters. The internal auction application may create and publish the multiple auction and the associated plurality of auctions on a seller's e-commerce site visible to the buyer. The multiple auction may be a serial multiple auction, a recurring multiple auction or a varied sublot multiple auction.
摘要:
A method for interacting with a computer application includes receiving, from a user, an input string from an input field, parsing the input string to identify a command token, validating user authorization to execute the identified command token and executing at least a portion of the computer application based on the identified command token.
摘要:
A system and method are provided for checking product availability for a listing on a network-based auction service using a separate auction application where an available quantity is determined from information received from a business information management system and the available quantity is displayed to the a user (i.e., seller) in the auction application. The seller may then select a quantity from the available quantity for the listing. In this manner, the available quantity may be used when a listing is generated. When a listing is published or communicated to the network-based auction service, the selected quantity of the product in the listing may be compared (verified) against the then available quantity of the product and the seller may be notified or the publication may be prevented if the selected quantity for the listing is not available. Additionally, during the publication (communicating the listing to the network-based auction service) the selected quantity for the listing may be reserved in the business information management system to prevent the selected quantity from otherwise being disposed.