Patent ID: 11893615
Assignee: EBAY INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a client device interface comprising communication circuits of an event server of an online network, data indicative of physical location from a first computing device associated with a first entity;
associating, by one or more processing circuits of the event server, an event with the physical location, the event having a start time after which the event is underway;
prior to the start time of the event, generating, by the one or more processing circuits of the event server, a data object comprising a database record to be stored in a database of the event server, to enable the first entity to exchange one or more physical merchandise items with a second entity while the first entity and the second entity are both within a given distance of the event;
detecting, by the client device interface comprising the communication circuits of the event server, that the first entity is within a threshold distance of the second entity at the event;
in response to detecting that the first entity is within the threshold distance of the second entity at the event at a time after the start time when the event is underway, temporarily generating, by the one or more processing circuits of the event server, a marketplace that publishes, using the data object stored in the database of the event server, and causes presentation of listings for a plurality of physical merchandise items available for purchase from the first entity on a second computing device associated with the second entity, each of the listings for the plurality of physical merchandise items being associated with the event;
receiving, by the client device interface comprising the communication circuits of the event server from the second computing device of the second entity, a purchase request associated with an individual listing for an individual physical merchandise item of the plurality of physical merchandise items;
in response to receiving the purchase request, notifying, by the client device interface comprising the communication circuits of the event server, the first entity of a purchase request received from the second computing device of the second entity; and
in response to receiving the purchase request by the online network, providing by the client device interface comprising the communication circuits of the event server to the second computing device of the second entity, the physical location of the first computing device to enable the first and second entities to complete a transaction in person.