System and method for generating an electronic catalog booklet for online computer users

摘要

A system and method for generating an electronic catalog booklet for online computer users is disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment includes providing access to a database of item listings; enabling selection of a plurality of item listings from at least some of the item listings provided in the database; enabling arrangement of the plurality of selected item listings on a plurality of pages in a computer-generated electronic catalog booklet; recording an identifier of the computer-generated electronic catalog booklet; and recording information associating each of the plurality of selected item listings with the identifier of the computer-generated electronic catalog booklet.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
providing a user of a computer network access to a database of listings of items available for a transaction; enabling, by use of a processor, the user to create a computer-generated electronic catalog booklet by selecting a plurality of item listings from the item listings provided in the database; enabling the user to arrange the plurality of selected item listings on a plurality of pages in a computer-generated electronic catalog booklet; recording an identifier of the computer-generated electronic catalog booklet; recording information associating at least some of the plurality of selected item listings with the identifier of the computer-generated electronic catalog booklet; recording an identifier of each page in the catalog booklet, recording information associating each of the plurality of selected item listings with the identifier of the corresponding page on which the item listing appears in the catalog booklet, and associating the page identifiers with the identifier of the computer generated electronic catalog booklet; recording information associating each of the plurality of pages with a respective position in the computer-generated electronic catalog booklet; publishing the computer-generated electronic catalog booklet for access by a plurality of users; and using descriptive information including an expiration date in the electronic catalog booklet to credit the user based on the computer-generated catalog booklet created by the user being used to perform a transaction for an item listing in the computer-generated catalog booklet.