Patent ID: 7783520
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of accessing information for listing a product on a network based auction service, comprising: on a first computer system, searching a product inventory database of a business management application to identify database records representing products having an inventory age that meets an age criterion; retrieving, from the product inventory database, product information of products identified as having the inventory age that meets the age criterion; displaying the product information of the identified products to a user via a user interface; receiving a selection, via the user interface, of a product from the displayed product information; automatically generating, on the first computer system, auction listing information based upon the retrieved product information for the selected product; revising the auction listing information in response to user selection parameters received based upon user input for changing or adding information to the auction listing; electronically sending, to an auction system, the revised auction listing information as a new listing request to an auction management system executing on a second computer system such that a new auction listing based upon the auction listing information associated with the new listing request is automatically generated by the auction management system; and executing the business management application on the first computer system, wherein executing the business management application includes performing sales transactions for products identified by the retrieved product information; wherein, if a sales transaction occurs for a product included in the transmitted new listing request, presenting an error message via the user interface, otherwise, generating a reservation for the products involved in the sales transactions in the business management application.