Method and apparatus to facilitate a transaction within a network-based auction facility
CA 2465935 C · Owner: Wilson, Mike · Inventors: Poon, Alex D.; Wilson, Mike; Leahy, Scott
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Method and apparatus to facilitate programmatic access to a network-based commerce facility (10) via a network (34). The method includes receiving a request from a third party application via the network (34) at the network based commerce facility (10). The request performs an action pertaining to electronic commerce and being one of a plurality of requests recognized by the network-based commerce facility (10). In responsive to the request the method , performs the action pertaining to the electronic commerce and communicates from a result of the action from the network-based commerce facility (10) to the third party application in a programmatically accessible format.
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- Filed February 11, 2002 and granted June 7, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 11, 2022.
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