Patent ID: 11966966
Assignee: EBAY INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
based on items from multiple sellers in a virtual cart, identifying one or more recommended items to combine with the items in the virtual cart;
presenting the one or more recommended items to a buyer;
in response to acceptance of a recommended item, determining whether one of the multiple sellers is offering the recommended item;
based on a determination that one of the multiple sellers is offering the recommended item, adding the recommended item from one of the multiple sellers to the virtual cart;
receiving a buyer offer price for the items from the multiple sellers including the recommended item;
in response to receiving the buyer offer price, generating, by one or more processors of the networked system, a split offer price for each of the multiple sellers, the split offer price being a split of the buyer offer price between the multiple sellers, the generating the split offer price comprising:
determining a seller item total for items from a same seller for each of the multiple sellers;
determining a ratio, for each of the multiple sellers based on each seller's corresponding item total and a summation of item totals for all of the multiple sellers; and
applying the ratio, for each of the multiple sellers, to the buyer offer price to generate a split portion for each of the multiple sellers; and

causing presentation of the split offer price based on the split portion to a corresponding seller of the multiple sellers.