Personalized Curation and Customized Social Interaction

Abstract

A method of enhancing a network-based publication system with curator lists is disclosed. Information pertaining to an item is received from a submitter of a listing of the item on a network-based publication system. Metadata pertaining to the information about the item is received from a curator of the information pertaining to the item. A presentation of the information on a curator list is controlled based on the metadata.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving information pertaining to an item from a submitter of the item for a listing of the item on a network-based publication system;   receiving metadata pertaining to the information about the item from a curator of the information pertaining to the item; and   controlling a presentation of the information on a curator list based on the metadata.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising sharing the metadata pertaining to the information about the item to control a presentation of the information on an additional curator list. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing the submitter of the item with an option to incorporate the metadata into the listing on the network-based publication based on a popularity of the presentation of the item in the curator list. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the controlling of the presentation of the information on the curator list includes customizing an image associated with the item. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising presenting an option for the user to add a note to an image associated with the item based on the user hovering a cursor over the image. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising presenting an option for the user to resize an image associated with the item based on a selection of the item by the user. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining a value of the curator list based on a monitoring of activities of the user after the presentation of the information on the curator list. 
     
     
         8 . A system comprising:
 a processor-implemented module configured to:   receive information pertaining to the item from a submitter of the item for the listing;   receive metadata pertaining to the information about the item from the curator; and   control a presentation of the information on the curator list based on the metadata.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , the processor-implemented module further configured to share the metadata pertaining to the information about the item to control a presentation of the information on an additional curator list. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , the processor-implemented module further configured to provide the submitter of the item with an option to incorporate the metadata into the listing on the network-based publication based on a popularity of the presentation of the item in the curator list. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the controlling of the presentation of the information on the curator list includes customizing an image associated with the item. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , the processor-implemented module further configured to present an option for the user to add a note to an image associated with the item based on the user hovering a cursor over the image. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8 , the processor-implemented module further configured to present an option for the user to resin an image associated with the item based on a selection of the item by the user. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , the processor-implemented module further configured to determine a value of the curator list based on a monitoring of activities of the user after the presentation of the information on the curator list. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method comprising:
 receiving information pertaining to the item from a submitter of the item for the listing;   receiving metadata pertaining to the information about the item from the curator; and   controlling a presentation of the information on the curator list based on the metadata.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , the method further comprising sharing the metadata pertaining to the information about the item to control a presentation of the information on an additional curator list. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , the method further comprising providing the submitter of the item with an option to incorporate the metadata into the listing on the network-based publication based on a popularity of the presentation of the item in the curator list. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the controlling of the presentation of the information on the curator list includes customizing an image associated with the item. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , the further comprising presenting an option for the user to add a note to an image associated with the item based on the user hovering a cursor over the image. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , the further comprising presenting an option for the user to resize an image associated with the item based on a selection of the item by the user.