Patent ID: 7958017

Claim:
A method comprising: automatically electronically receiving, by a computerized automatic item search and purchasing component, an order that comprises an item list that includes books generated by, and sent from, a computerized bookstore inventory control system, to the automatic item search and purchasing component, wherein each item on the list includes an item identifier and an item quantity; establishing, by the automatic item search and purchasing component, purchasing criteria for the books on the item list; searching, by a search module of the automatic item search and purchasing component, electronic marketplaces of sellers for available books of the books on the item list; and identifying, by the search module, available books, of the books on the item list, that meet the established purchasing criteria; wherein the purchasing criteria comprises: an item offer quantity threshold which is utilized to exclude any seller that offers a quantity of an item on the item list that is larger than the item offer quantity threshold, a feedback threshold which is utilized to exclude any seller that has a number of customer feedback entries that is larger than the feedback threshold, and a blacklist keyword list which is utilized to exclude any seller that provides an offer for sale that has a term that corresponds to a term in the blacklist keyword list, wherein identifying, by the search module, available books of the books on the item list further comprises conducting absolute edition matching and keyword edition identification.