Patent ID: 8392276
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving information from a plurality of users who are interacting with an item transaction system, the received information including indications of desired items that are each indicated by one or more of the plurality of users as being desired to be received by the user via the item transaction system, and the received information further including indications of available items that are each indicated by one or more of the plurality of users as being available to be provided by the user via the item transaction system; for each of at least some of the indicated desired items, automatically matching the desired item to one of the indicated available items, and initiating one or more transactions that result in the one available item being obtained from a providing user of the one or more users who indicated the one available item and being provided to receiving user of the one or more users who indicated the desired item, the automatic matching being performed by one or more configured computing systems of the item transaction system; for each of at least one of the one or more transactions, automatically determining to add one or more additional items for use by the plurality of users interacting with the item transaction system, the automatic determining to add the one or more additional items being performed by the one or more configured computing systems and including: