Patent ID: 9406042
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method to provide graphical status indictors, the method comprising: receiving an indication, from a user, to display an image gallery having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns that form a two-dimensional matrix of squares that represents a plurality of items available in a network-based marketplace; in response to receiving the indication to display the image gallery, accessing one or more lists of the plurality of items in an account of the user, the one or more lists including list categories; identifying the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user, the plurality of items each having a corresponding item image to be displayed in a square of the two-dimensional matrix of the image gallery, the plurality of items including at least items being sold by the user, and items the user is interested in buying; monitoring status information for the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user; generating, by a processor of a machine, gallery rendering and display instructions that trigger generation of a plurality of status indicators from the status information to be graphically presented over at least some item images representing the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user; transmitting the gallery rendering and display instructions to a client device to cause the client device to present the two-dimensional matrix of the image gallery and to present the status indicators over at least some of the item images representing the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user, the plurality of status indicators displayed on the two-dimensional matrix of the image gallery distinguishing the items being sold by the user from the items the user is interested in buying; receiving an update request from the client device, the update request triggering a determination as to whether the status information pertaining to at least one item of the plurality of items has changed; determining, in response to receiving the update request, that the status information has changed for the at least one of the plurality of items; and providing updated status information for the at least one item of the plurality of items to the client device based on a triggering event occurring in a network-based marketplace that affects the at least one item, the updated status information being used to generate a new status indicator for the at least one item, and wherein the triggering event includes receiving an indication of an increased bid amount and a new item being posted within the network-based marketplace.