Geoffrey Russell Atkinson

US Patent:

7983963, Jul 19, 2011

Filed:

Dec 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/345453

Inventors:

Patrick Byrne - Park City UT, US
Samuel Jacob Peterson - Orem UT, US
Seth Allen Moore - Lehi UT, US
Thayne Lewis - Farmington UT, US
Geoffrey Atkinson - Salt Lake City UT, US

Assignee:

Overstock.com, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

705 27, 705 26, 707 5, 707E17108, 709223, 709224

Abstract:

Systems, program product, and methods of electronic communication network guided navigation which allow users to obtain more relevant product search results much more quickly, are provided. An example of a system can allow a user to enter or start a product search request for a relatively broad term in a search engine and quickly start looking for relevant information by assisting the user in narrowing the product search results in a more efficient guided search. The results can be displayed to a user in a row of boxes, which focus the user on categories of potential intentions or meanings behind the product search request term or terms so that the user's intent can be quickly ascertained and the user directed to results more closely aligned with or coinciding with the user's intent behind the product search request.

US Patent:

8326662, Dec 4, 2012

Filed:

Jun 18, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/487021

Inventors:

Patrick Michael Byrne - Park City UT, US
Geoffrey Russell Atkinson - Salt Lake City UT, US

Assignee:

Overstock.com, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 711, 705 742

Abstract:

Example embodiments provide program products, systems, and associated methods of presenting a seller with a graphical representation of demand for a potential product listing so that the seller can intelligently price and position the product. A website server associated with a website of product listings captures in a database product preference criteria for a consumer, including, for example, price information. The website server aggregates the captured product preference criteria for a plurality of consumers and determines an imputed consumer demand for a potential product listing. The website server displays on a display device associated with a computer of a seller a multi-dimensional graph of demand for the potential product listing so that the seller can gauge market demand prior to listing a product for sale. Embodiments further include two-dimensional graphs plotting demand versus price, contour lines for the demand imposed on pricing graphs, and color-coded demand heat maps.