The present invention is generally directed to a cumulative rating system for generating accurate and unbiased evaluations of products, performances, and/or services, thereby improving the reliability of information provided to a consumer and improving their purchasing decision.

A method for coordinating a business transaction between a selling vendor and a shipping vendor including the steps of: presenting the shipping vendors selected by a transaction coordination hub to the selling vendor; approving at least one of the shipping vendors based on input of selling vendor; accepting an offer of the transaction based on the input of the shipping vendor; collecting payment, including commission from the selling vendor using a payment managing module; paying the shipping vendor using the payment management module; paying a shipping company and scheduling a time for product retrieval by the shipping company, using the payment management module and a shipping managing module; and tracking the product until delivery to a consumer.

A solution is provided for a method for a user to shop online in a three dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) setting by receiving a request at a shopping server to view a shopping location, having at least one store, and displaying the shopping location to the user's computer in a 3D interactive simulation view via a web browser to emulate a real-life shopping experience for the user. The server then obtains a request to enter into one of the stores and displays the store website to the user in the same web browser. The store website has one or more enhanced VR features. The server then receives a request to view at least one product and the product is presented in a 3D interactive simulation view to emulate a real-life viewing of the product.

A method begins with a marketplace server obtaining temporary conditions information from temporary conditions sources of the data communication system, where the temporary conditions information includes one or more of a temporary condition identifier, a temporary condition type, and a temporary condition value. The method continues with the marketplace server obtaining exchange item information for a plurality of exchange items of the data communication system, where an exchange item of the plurality of exchange items is associated with an exchange item rule set and an exchange item data file. For the exchange item of the plurality of exchange items, the method continues with the marketplace server determining whether first temporary conditions information of the temporary conditions information is compatible with the exchange item rule set, and when compatible, updating the exchange item data file based on the first temporary conditions information to produce an updated exchange item data file.

Various computer-implemented services are disclosed for assisting users in selecting items from an electronic catalog, and for selecting merchants with which to conduct transactions. One such service enables users to share information about their respective purchases with other users. Another service enables users to share information regarding the merchants with which they have conducted transactions.

A messaging and content sharing platform that allows for securely transferring an object. During operation, the system may receive the object from a sending device operated by a user, wherein the object is a message or other content. The system may receive data indicating one or more restrictions set by the user associated with the object. The system may receive a request from a receiving device to obtain the object. The system may then determine that one or more restrictions associated with the request to obtain the object are satisfied, and send a portion of the object to the receiving device.

A method for enabling a user to view information filtered to align with the user's life state includes enabling the user to register and become a member of an information delivery system. The user provides the information about the user's life state. This information may include at least demographic information, ethnic information, social information and psychological information. The user may grant partners permission to access the information about the user's life. The granting of the permissions is performed and controlled by the user and may be limited to some information about the user's life. The partners are also members of the information delivery system. The partners are evaluated using a set of criteria before they become members of the information delivery system. The partners may use the information about the user's life to filter its information according to the information about the user's life. The method also enables the partner to participate in a marketplace to procure the information about the user's life, to rate the user according to the user's behavior, and to enable search engines to filter search results according to the information about the user's life.

Disclosed are various embodiments for generating client-side code for selecting catalog items for display on a network page. The catalog items have corresponding catalog item identifiers and catalog item representations. In response to a network request, item selection code and catalog item identifiers are transmitted to a client device. The client device executes the item selection code to select a subset of the catalog item identifiers. At least one of the catalog items is selected for inclusion on a network page. The network page is displayed to a user.

A system and method for electronic bartering where users capture an image of a tradeable item, search for other tradeable items, and make a bartering offer to another user whereby the bartering transaction is recorded. The barter transactions are analyzed for consumer habits and trends information where users may be presented information calculated from the analyzed barter transactions to determine the barter value and market value of their tradeable items and how to make best estimates when to barter their tradeable items and how to improve their bartering efficiency.

Technologies are shown for buyer initiated automatic seller account generation where a buyer client receives an identification of a purchase item, generates an item token corresponding to the purchase item, and provides the item token to a seller client. The seller client authenticates a seller user with an authentication service, such as a biometric authentication service, receives an authentication token corresponding to the seller user, and sends an account creation request with the item token and the authentication token to an account creation service. The account creation service receives the account creation request, sends a user information request to the authentication service with the authentication token and receives seller information for the seller user from the authentication service. The account creation service creates a seller user account using the seller information, commits a purchase transaction for the purchase item, and sends an item purchase confirmation to the buyer client.