| US 7,542,978 B2 | ||
| Auction notification system | ||
| Ruben E. Ortega, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Alexandre Edelman, Seattle, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, Nev. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 06, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/337,439. | ||
| Application 10/337439 is a continuation of application No. 09/344601, filed on Jun. 25, 1999, granted, now 6,549,904. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0097376 A1, May 22, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—101 [707/100; 707/102] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A method, comprising the steps of:
storing a plurality of selection specifications in a server, each of the selection specifications providing at least one search
parameter for performing a search for a type of commercial transaction, where at least one user is mapped to each of the selection
specifications;
determining whether a new selection specification received in the server from a new user matches one of the selection specifications
stored in the server;
associating the new user with one of the selection specifications when the new selection specification matches the one of
the selection specifications;
for each selection specification, periodically performing a search in a commercial transaction data store based on the selection
specification to identify an existence of at least one previously unidentified commercial transaction for the at least one
user mapped to the selection specification; and sending a notification to the at least one user that informs the at least
one user of the existence of the at least one previously unidentified commercial transaction.
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