Patent ID: 8768798
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method to facilitate invoicing for transactions in a network-based transaction system, the method comprising: identifying, by a server machine, a plurality of transactions that each involve a seller and a plurality of buyers; determining, by the server machine, that first and second transactions among the plurality of transactions satisfy combinability criteria that indicate the first and second transactions are combinable into a single invoice, the first transaction involving a first buyer of the plurality of buyers, the second transaction involving a second buyer of the plurality of buyers, the first buyer being different than the second buyer; providing to the seller, by the server machine, an indication that the first and second transactions are combinable into the single invoice; receiving a request from the seller to combine the first and second transactions into the single invoice; sending the single invoice to the first buyer and the second buyer in response to the request, wherein each buyer can only view a portion of the single invoice.