Systems and Methods for Facilitating Electronic Commerce over a Network

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for facilitating electronic commerce over a network include communicating with a plurality of users via a plurality of user devices over the network, receiving a login request from a first user via a first user device over the network, accessing an account related to the user based on information passed with the login request, receiving a snaplist file related to a multiple image listing provided by the first user via the first user device, processing the snaplist file by extracting the multiple image listing from the snaplist file, and displaying the multiple image listing to one or more other users via one or more other user devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a user device, user input to select a portion of a first image of an item displayed in a user interface;   responsive to the user input to select the portion of the first image of the item displayed in the user interface, causing a camera to capture a second image of the item, wherein the first image and the second image are snapshots and the second image is different than the first image; and   generating a multiple image listing for that item that includes the first image and the second image.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the multiple image listing is stored in an account of the user, and wherein the account of the user is used to provide the multiple image listing for browsing by other users. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the multiple image listing is provided on an electronic marketplace for access by the other users. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the multiple image listing is associated with a sale of the item in the first image and the second image by the user, and wherein an electronic marketplace posts the item for sale using the multiple image listing. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 receiving user input describing a price of the item, wherein the electronic marketplace posts the item for sale at the price described by the user input.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein prior to the multiple image listing being provided for access by the other users, the method further comprises receiving a post authorization by the user to post the multiple image listing on the electronic marketplace, wherein the providing the multiple image listing for access on the electronic marketplace occurs in response to the receiving the post authorization. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user device comprises a mobile phone. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the camera that captures the first image and the second image is a camera of the mobile phone. 
     
     
         9 . A method comprising:
 displaying, by a display of a mobile device, a user interface to generate a multiple image listing for an item;   receiving at least two images captured by a camera of the mobile device for the multiple image listing for the item;   displaying, by the display of the mobile device, the at least two images in the user interface;   receiving, via the user interface, user input corresponding to a textual description of the item;   displaying, in the user interface, a selectable control to generate the multiple image listing for item; and   responsive to user selection of the selectable control, generating the multiple image listing to include the at least two images and the textual description of the item.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the multiple image listing is provided on an electronic marketplace for access by other users. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the multiple image listing is associated with a sale of the item, and wherein an electronic marketplace posts the item for sale using the multiple image listing. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the user input corresponding to a textual description of the item includes a price for the item. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the electronic marketplace posts the item for sale at the price described by the user input. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein prior to the multiple image listing being provided for access by the other users, the method further comprises receiving a post authorization by the user to post the multiple image listing on the electronic marketplace, wherein the providing the multiple image listing for access on the electronic marketplace occurs in response to the receiving the post authorization. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the mobile device comprises a mobile phone, and wherein the camera is a camera of the mobile phone. 
     
     
         16 . A mobile device comprising:
 at least a memory and a processor to perform operations comprising:
 displaying, by a display of the mobile device, a user interface to generate a multiple image listing for an item; 
 receiving at least two images captured by a camera of the mobile device for the multiple image listing for the item; 
 displaying, by the display of the mobile device, the at least two images in the user interface; 
 receiving, via the user interface, user input corresponding to a textual description of the item; 
 displaying, in the user interface, a selectable control to generate the multiple image listing for item; and 
 responsive to user selection of the selectable control, generating the multiple image listing to include the at least two images and the textual description of the item. 
   
     
     
         17 . The mobile device of  claim 16 , wherein the multiple image listing is provided on an electronic marketplace for access by other users. 
     
     
         18 . The mobile device of  claim 17 , wherein the multiple image listing is associated with a sale of the item, and wherein an electronic marketplace posts the item for sale using the multiple image listing. 
     
     
         19 . The mobile device of  claim 18 , wherein the user input corresponding to a textual description of the item includes a price for the item. 
     
     
         20 . The mobile device of  claim 19 , wherein the electronic marketplace posts the item for sale at the price described by the user input.