Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.

Abstract: A method for generating categorical and criterion-based search results from a search query including receiving the search query, generating one or more query fragments, determining a category corresponding to the search query, determining one or more filters applicable to the search query and one or more core search terms applicable to the search query based at least in part on the determined category and the one or more query fragments, generating at least one custom query for at least one target database in the one or more target databases based at least in part on the one or more filters, the one or more core search terms, the determined category, and one or more attributes of the at least one target database, and executing the at least one custom query on the at least one target database to generate a set of search results.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for generating categorical and criterion-based search results from a search query including receiving the search query, generating one or more query fragments, determining a category corresponding to the search query, determining one or more filters applicable to the search query and one or more core search terms applicable to the search query based at least in part on the determined category and the one or more query fragments, generating at least one custom query for at least one target database in the one or more target databases based at least in part on the one or more filters, the one or more core search terms, the determined category, and one or more attributes of the at least one target database, and executing the at least one custom query on the at least one target database to generate a set of search results.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.