Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating sales across a market with incomplete information taken from one or a plurality of exchanges, is disclosed. Inventory is observed disappearing from the exchanges. There is some probability that the inventory disappeared because it was sold, and some probability that it was withdrawn by the broker for a variety of other reasons. Disappeared inventory is assigned a score that correlates with the likelihood of the listing having been sold. A list of these inferred sales is generated by comparing the score to a threshold. A further refinement removes items from the list should the sold inventory return to the market.

Abstract: A method for displaying search contents and an electronic device. The method includes: receiving a search keyword input by a user, recognizing and acquiring a display intention type corresponding to the search keyword; determining a search content display template corresponding to the display intention type; and displaying search result contents corresponding to the search keyword based on the search content display template. The display intention type includes a convergent display intention, and the content viewing mode of the user corresponding to the convergent display intention is searching for and viewing a specific content; or the display intention type includes a divergent display intention, and the content viewing mode of the user corresponding to the divergent display intention is searching for a class of contents and viewing searched contents one by one.