Patents by Inventor Bjoern-Ole Ebers

Bjoern-Ole Ebers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9442959
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment involves generating a plurality of facets and descriptors of all items available via an electronic shop service based on the images depicting each of the items. The facets that may be generated include a color facet, a shape facet, a texture facet, and/or other facets. The embodiment further involves receiving search criteria from a user that includes a number of search criteria elements. Each element of the search criteria may be represented by an image. The embodiment involves generating a search criteria descriptor based on the images received in connection with the search criteria. Additionally, the embodiment involves identifying items associated with images that correspond with the search criteria descriptor and providing the images of the identified items in a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Bjoern-Ole Ebers, Sven Duwenhorst
  • Publication number: 20140006385
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment involves generating a plurality of facets and descriptors of all items available via an electronic shop service based on the images depicting each of the items. The facets that may be generated include a color facet, a shape facet, a texture facet, and/or other facets. The embodiment further involves receiving search criteria from a user that includes a number of search criteria elements. Each element of the search criteria may be represented by an image. The embodiment involves generating a search criteria descriptor based on the images received in connection with the search criteria. Additionally, the embodiment involves identifying items associated with images that correspond with the search criteria descriptor and providing the images of the identified items in a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Bjoern-Ole Ebers, Sven Duwenhorst