Patents by Inventor Margaret Helen Green

Margaret Helen Green has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130080284
    Abstract: A system and method of offering a collection for sale is disclosed. A collection input module may receive a description of a collection and description of items in the collection from a device of a seller. A collection sale module may offer the collection for sale by publishing a description of a sale of the collection as a whole according to a first offering type. An item sale module may offer the items in the collection for sale by publishing descriptions of the respective items in the collection concurrently with the offer for sale of the collection as a whole according to a second offering type. A comparison module may, upon conclusion of an offering period, compare a sum of bids for the respective items to a bid for the collection as a whole and to determine whether the collection is sold as a whole based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Margaret Helen Green