Claims
- 1. A method for automatically updating a seller application upon connecting to a network-based transaction facility, the method including:
receiving a request, by a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility; and determining whether a category update exists for a category data structure maintained by the seller application, if so,
downloading the category update to the seller application for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application utilizing the downloaded category update.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further includes only downloading the category update to the seller application if automatic updating of the seller application is enabled.
- 3. The method of claim 1 including downloading program updates to the seller application to enable automatic updating of the seller application utilizing the downloaded program updates.
- 4. The method of claim 1 further including downloading a plurality of attribute updates to the seller application to enable automatic updating of the seller application with the downloaded attribute updates.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein an attribute includes a descriptive information field associated with a transaction listing.
- 6. The method of claim 5 wherein an attribute is associated with a transaction listing according to the transaction listing's respective category.
- 7. The method of claim 4 wherein a plurality of attributes may be associated with a transaction listing.
- 8. The method of claim 1 further includes automatically uploading user information updates from the seller application to the network-based transaction facility.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein user information includes a payment address.
- 10. The method of claim 1 further includes recognizing that the user has enabled support for a targeted site for which support has not yet been installed and automatically downloading support for the targeted site from the network-based transaction facility.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein support includes information necessary to configure the seller application to work the targeted site language.
- 12. The method of claim 10 further includes updating the seller application with the downloaded support for the targeted site.
- 13. The method of claim 12 wherein targeted site includes a plurality of targeted sites.
- 14. The method of claim 1 further includes recognizing that the user operates a store at the network-based transaction facility and automatically downloading support for the store.
- 15. The method of claim 14 further includes updating the seller application with the downloaded support for the store.
- 16. The method of claim 15 wherein a store includes a plurality of stores.
- 17. The method of claim 15 wherein downloading support for the store includes downloading format updates.
- 18. The method of claim 17 wherein format updates includes a stores format.
- 19. A system to automatically update a seller application upon connecting to a network based transaction facility, the system including:
a communicator module at the network-based transaction facility to receive a connection request, from a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility; an upgrade control module to determine whether a category update exists for category data structure maintained by the seller application, if so,
the communicator module to download the category update to the seller application for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application utilizing the downloaded category update.
- 20. The system of claim 19 further includes the upgrade control module to determine whether automatic updating of the seller application is enabled.
- 21. The system of claim 19 further includes the communicator module downloading program updates to the seller application to enable automatic updating of the seller application utilizing the downloaded program updates.
- 22. The system of claim 19 further includes the communicator module downloading attribute updates to the seller application to enable automatic updating the seller application with the downloaded attribute updates.
- 23. The system of claim 22 wherein an attribute includes a descriptive information field associated with a transaction listing.
- 24. The system of claim 23 wherein an attribute is associated with a transaction listing according to the transaction listing's respective category.
- 25. The system of claim 22 wherein a plurality of attributes may be associated with a transaction listing.
- 26. The system of claim 19 wherein the connection request further includes user information updates from the seller application.
- 27. The system of claim 26 wherein user information includes a payment address.
- 28. The system of claim 19 further includes the upgrade control module recognizing that the user has enabled support for a targeted site for which support has not yet been installed and automatically downloading support for the targeted site from the network-based transaction facility.
- 29. The system of claim 19 further includes the upgrade control module recognizing that the user operates a store at the network-based transaction facility and the communicator module automatically downloading support for the store.
- 30. The system of claim 29 wherein downloading support for the store includes downloading format updates.
- 31. The system of claim 30 wherein format updates includes a stores format.
- 32. A transaction application at the network-based transaction facility to provide updates to a seller application, the transaction application including:
a communicator module to receive a request, by a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility; and an upgrade control module to determine whether a category update exists for a category data structure maintained by the seller application, if so,
the communicator module to download the category update to the seller application for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application utilizing the downloaded category update.
- 33. The transaction application of claim 32 wherein the communicator module only downloads the category update to the seller application if the upgrade control module determines that automatic updating of the seller application is enabled.
- 34. The transaction application of claim 32 includes the communicator module to download program updates to the seller application to enable automatic updating of the seller application utilizing the downloaded program updates.
- 35. The transaction application of claim 32 includes the communicator module to downloading attribute updates to the seller application to enable automatic updating of the seller application with the downloaded attribute updates.
- 36. The transaction application of claim 35 wherein an attribute includes a descriptive information field associated with a transaction listing.
- 37. The transaction application of claim 35 wherein an attribute is associated with a transaction listing according to the transaction listing's respective category.
- 38. The transaction application of claim 32 further includes the communicator module to receive user information updates uploaded from the seller application to the network-based transaction facility.
- 39. An updateable seller application to facilitate propagating a plurality of transaction listings to a network-based transaction facility, the updateable seller application including;
a communication module to establish a connection to a network-based transaction facility; the communication module to receive a category update for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application; and an upgrade module to update each category data structure for which a category update has been received.
- 40. The updateable seller application of claim 39 wherein the upgrade module only performs updates if automatic updating of the seller application is enabled.
- 41. The updateable seller application of claim 39 includes the communication module to receive attribute updates to the seller application to enable automatic updating of the seller application with the downloaded attribute updates.
- 42. The updateable seller application of claim 39 further includes the communication module to transmit user information updates from the seller application to the network-based transaction facility.
- 43. A computer-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
receive a request, via a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility; determine whether automatic updating of the seller application is enabled, and if so,
download category updates to the seller application; and update the seller application with the downloaded category updates.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/387,638, filed Jun. 10, 2002.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60387638 |
Jun 2002 |
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