eBay Patents

eBay Inc. operates an online marketplace that enables merchants and buyers worldwide to find, buy or sell merchandise.

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  • Patent number: 11663648
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a multi-listing combined offer are provided. A networked system receives an indication to add a combination of items from multiple sellers into a virtual cart. In response, the networked system causes presentation of a user interface showing a combination of items from multiple sellers. The networked system receives, from the buyer, a buyer offer price for the combination of items. In response, the networked system accesses, from a data storage, item information for each item of the combination of items, whereby the item information includes a seller identifier, an original item price, and shipping cost for each item. The networked system then generates, based on the accessed item information and the buyer offer price, a split offer price for each seller, whereby the split offer price is a split of the buyer offer price. The split offer price is then presented to each corresponding seller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Vikas Singh, Muthuramalingam Sundaresan, Bhupendra G. Jain, Kiran Kanchamreddy
  • Patent number: 11663225
    Abstract: A categorization analysis system is provided. The categorization analysis system includes one or more hardware processors, a memory including a first plurality of listings categorized in a first target category, and a categorization analysis engine executing on the one or more hardware processors. The categorization analysis engine is configured to determine a label for each listing including performing a search on title, select a set of training listings based on the determined labels, train a first model using the set of training listings and the determined labels, the first model being a classification model configured to classify categorization of listings, identify a suspect listing categorized in the first target category, apply the suspect listing to the first model, thereby generating a categorization result for the suspect listing, the categorization result indicating miscategorization of the suspect listing, and identify the suspect listing in the memory as miscategorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dingxian Wang, David Goldberg, Xiaoyuan Wu, Yuanjie Liu
  • Patent number: 11663643
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing information regarding a product that is unique to a geographical region. In one or more embodiments a method may include determining a location of a user, receiving information indicative of one or more products unique to a particular geographical region corresponding to the determined location of the user, wherein each of the one or more products are offered for sale in the particular region by one or more merchants, and providing information about at least one of the products and about a merchant, from the one or more merchants, offering that product for sale in the geographical region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Lakshmi Narasimhan, Saikrishna Vaidyanathan, Muthukumar Ramasamymadasamy
  • Patent number: 11662829
    Abstract: Techniques for modifying a garment based on gestures are presented herein. An access module can access a first set of sensor data from a first sensor, and a second set of sensor data from a second sensor. A garment simulation module can generate a three-dimensional (3D) garment model of a garment available for sale draped on an avatar based on the first set of sensor data and the second set of sensor data. A display module can cause a presentation, on a display of a device, of the 3D garment model draped on the avatar. Additionally, the garment simulation module can determine a modification gesture associated with the 3D garment model draped on the avatar based on the first set of sensor data and the second set of sensor data. Furthermore, the garment simulation module can modify the 3D garment model based on the determined modification gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Smith Rose, Pooja Sapra, Vivienne Melody Blue, Chuck Barnum, Giridhar Singam, Chris Miller, Rachel Maxine Minenno, James Stephen Perrine
  • Patent number: 11665320
    Abstract: Camera platform techniques are described. In an implementation, a plurality of digital images and data describing times, at which, the plurality of digital images are captured is received by a computing device. Objects of clothing are recognized from the digital images by the computing device using object recognition as part of machine learning. A user schedule is also received by the computing device that describes user appointments and times, at which, the appointments are scheduled. A user profile is generated by the computing device by training a model using machine learning based on the recognized objects of clothing, times at which corresponding digital images are captured, and the user schedule. From the user profile, a recommendation is generated by processing a subsequent user schedule using the model as part of machine learning by the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Shuai Zheng, Fan Yang, Mohammadhadi Kiapour, Qiaosong Wang, Japjit S. Tulsi, Robinson Piramuthu
  • Patent number: 11665502
    Abstract: A system and method for using super geo-fences to improve efficiency of geo-fences is disclosed. A system determines a geo-fence density based on a number of geo-fences in an area around a client system. In response to determining the geo-fence density is greater than a predetermined density value, the system selects a number of geo-fences that is greater than a fixed number of geo-fences that the client system is capable of handling. The system groups the selected geo-fences into a first and second group of geo-fences and generates a super geo-fence that encompasses the first group. The system transmits the first and second group of geo-fences and the super geo-fence to an application stored at the client device. The application adds geo-fence data corresponding to the second group to the client system in response to detecting the client system crossing a boundary of the super geo-fence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Rui Kong, Chintan Jain, Rajkumar Chinnakonda
  • Patent number: 11659143
    Abstract: Camera platform techniques are described. In an implementation, a plurality of digital images and data describing times, at which, the plurality of digital images are captured is received by a computing device. Objects of clothing are recognized from the digital images by the computing device using object recognition as part of machine learning. A user schedule is also received by the computing device that describes user appointments and times, at which, the appointments are scheduled. A user profile is generated by the computing device by training a model using machine learning based on the recognized objects of clothing, times at which corresponding digital images are captured, and the user schedule. From the user profile, a recommendation is generated by processing a subsequent user schedule using the model as part of machine learning by the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Shuai Zheng, Fan Yang, Mohammadhadi Kiapour, Qiaosong Wang, Japjit S. Tulsi, Robinson Piramuthu
  • Patent number: 11657443
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for data mesh-based environmental augmentation are presented. Attribute data associated with a user may be received from a plurality of attribute sources. A portion of the attribute data may include real-time data. A portion of the real-time data indicative of an identity of the user may be identified. The identity of the user may be authenticated with respect to the real-time data by analyzing the identified portion of the real-time data. Based on the authentication of the identity of the user, a user activity being performed by the user may be identified based on the real-time data, and the user activity may be augmented according to a user setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Melcher, John Tapley, Robert Lee
  • Patent number: 11657084
    Abstract: A machine may be configured to execute a machine-learning process for identifying and understanding fine properties of various items of various types by using images and associated corresponding annotations, such as titles, captions, tags, keywords, or other textual information applied to these images. By use of a machine-learning process, the machine may perform property identification accurately and without human intervention. These item properties may be used as annotations for other images that have similar features. Accordingly, the machine may answer user-submitted questions, such as “What do rustic items look like?,” and items or images depicting items that are deemed to be rustic can be readily identified, classified, ranked, or any suitable combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Anurag Bhardwaj, Robinson Piramuthu, Vicente Ordonez-Roman, Vignesh Jagadeesh, Wei Di
  • Patent number: 11657388
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a multi-currency cart and checkout. In example embodiments, a currency accepted and a payment option for each item in a multi-currency cart is identified. A plurality of currency groups is generated based on the currency and payment options, whereby each currency group comprises one or more items having a same payment option and accepting a same currency. A multi-currency checkout user interface (UI) is presented on a client device that presents the plurality of currency groups and a pay selector for each of the plurality of the currency groups. An updated multi-currency checkout UI is presented in response to processing payment for a selected one of the plurality of currency groups. The updated multi-currency UI comprises a confirmation for payment for the selected one of the plurality of currency groups and remaining currency groups of the plurality of currency groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Malathi Jivan, Mica Merce
  • Publication number: 20230153858
    Abstract: Systems and methods for statistical dynamic geofencing are discussed. For example, a method for statistical dynamic geofencing can include operations such as receiving a location-based campaign request, analyzing demographic data, determining a geofence parameter, generating a geofence, and distributing location-aware advertisements. The location-based campaign request can include a list of points of interest (POIs) and a target demographic parameter. The demographic data can include data from geographic areas surrounding at least a portion of the POIs as well as data related to the target demographic parameter. The geofence can be generated based at least in part on the geofence parameter, where the geofence parameter directly affects either the size or shape of the geofence. The location-aware advertisements are distributed to a plurality of mobile devices determined to be within the geofence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Neala F. Polachi
  • Patent number: 11651321
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for securing private information during shipping of an item storing shipping information at a blockchain address that includes a recipient geolocation address and generating a shipping label that includes a machine-readable pointer to the blockchain address. The label can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request the shipping information. In response to a request, the recipient geolocation address or a next intermediate shipper can be provided. The recipient can be notified to obtain authorization to release the recipient geolocation address or provide an alternative geolocation for delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nambi Sankaran, Constanza Maria Heath, Someshekhar Banerjee, David John Kamalsky, Abhishek Pandey, Mikhail Tsirelson
  • Patent number: 11650678
    Abstract: An augmented reality or virtual reality (AR/VR) device pairs with a companion device to augment input interfaces associated with an AR/VR application at the AR/VR device. In implementations, an AR/VR device determines a portion of a markup file that corresponds to an AR/VR scene of a plurality of AR/VR scenes in an AR/VR environment, and communicates the portion of the markup file to the companion device to cause the companion device to configure a companion user interface associated with initiating an action as part of the AR/VR scene. In response to receiving user input via the companion user interface, the companion device communicates the action to the AR/VR device to initiate the action. The AR/VR device receives input data from the companion device, and initiates the action for the AR/VR scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Reino Timonen, Andrew Chalkley
  • Patent number: 11651409
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method to provide status indictors on an image galley is disclosed. At least one item to be displayed in an image gallery on a client device is identified. Once identified, status information for the item is obtained. Subsequently, gallery rendering and display instructions are generated and transmitted to the client device. The rendering and display instructions include the status information and enables generation of status indicators from the status information for display over the image gallery at the client device. The rendering and display instructions may also include instructions for displaying the image gallery. The status information at the client device may be updated as status information changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Melcher, Dane Howard
  • Patent number: 11652904
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating a unified user profile. For example, a system may store, on a client device, a token under a first domain name. The token may specify state data for a communication session between the client device and a first content publisher addressed by the first domain name. The communication session utilizes a stateless communication protocol. The system may then generate a redirection resource locator. The redirection resource locator may include an identifier for a web object belonging to a second content publisher addressed by a second domain name and the token. The system then stores, on the client device, the token under the second domain name by directing the client device to send a web object request generated based at least in part on the redirection resource locator to the second content publisher. The web object request may request the web object from the second content publisher and including the token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Mendoza
  • Patent number: 11652758
    Abstract: Systems and methods to reserve resources is provided. In exemplary embodiments, a selection of a profile from a user is received. A dynamic graphical user interface is generated, using one or more processors. The dynamic graphical user interface allows the user to configure a topology based on the selected profile. The dynamic graphical user interface provides input fields in which the user may select a resource. An indication of the selected applicable topology property for configuring the topology is received. A topology is automatically generating based in part on the selected applicable topology property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventor: Timothy Gordon Kimmet
  • Patent number: 11651398
    Abstract: Contextual menus based on images submitted to a network based publication system are disclosed. Images depicting a variety of locales such as businesses, or other items, may be stored in an image repository in the system and used to identify images that users may submit as photograph images taken by cell phone, camera, webcam, a laptop with camera capability. After identification of the submitted image the system may categorize the image and provide the user a category driven menu relating to the photograph, the menu based on both the submitted image and the user's intent when he or she is capturing the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh Dinkar Govande, Madhura Pravin Tipnis
  • Patent number: 11650781
    Abstract: A method for displaying content displayed on one or more first devices on a second device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request including a gesture made on a screen of the first device, and pairing the first device to the second device. The method further includes transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device, and transmitting the content currently displayed on the first device to the second device for display thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Peter Hosein, Steve Yankovich
  • Publication number: 20230144027
    Abstract: A process for linking related images and videos is disclosed. The process can include receiving listing information including the images and the video, processing the images using an image processor to determine one or more image descriptors, processing the video using a video processor to determine video descriptors, comparing the image descriptors to the video descriptors, calculating a similarity value for each of the image descriptors in relation to each of the video descriptors, and linking the videos and the images based upon the calculated similarity value. The method can also include causing the display of a user interface including a video linking user interface element operable to cause playback of a relevant portion of the video linked with the displayed image and an image linking user interface element operable to cause display of a relevant image linked with a portion of the video playback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Berkan Solmaz
  • Patent number: 11644938
    Abstract: A system and method for standardizing user interface elements are presented. A first application is identified having a higher use metric than a second application, the first application including one or more user interface elements that have one or more respective parameters. The second application has one or more user interface elements that are similar to the user interface elements of the first application and has one or more respective parameters that are different than the respective parameters of the user interface elements of the first application. A determination of similarity is made between the user interface elements applications based upon at least one predetermined criterion. Based on the determination, one or more parameters of the user interface elements of the second application are modified to match one or more parameters of the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Ramadge, Justin Van Winkle, Corinne Elizabeth Sherman
  • Patent number: 11645058
    Abstract: Technologies described herein reduce the size of a software application. In some embodiments, the size of one or more resource files of an application are reduced. Resource files include key/value pairs that define elements of the application. In some embodiments, the application's source code is analyzed to determine if an entry in a resource file may be removed. For instance, initialization functions in the application's source code may be analyzed to determine if a value loaded from a resource file is replaced before being used. For example, a button with a color property may be defined as grey by a resource, but later set to orange in an initialization function. In this case, the resource entry defining the button as grey is superfluous and may be safely removed. This technique allows for entries to be removed from a resource file even though the source code references the entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Dignard
  • Patent number: 11647081
    Abstract: A system automatically maintains a plurality of client connections associated with a plurality of clients, the plurality of client connections including active and idle connections. A first server receives a request from a client of the plurality of clients to access a second server of a plurality of second servers communicatively coupled to the first server, the plurality of second servers having varying communication protocols. The first server then identifies a first communication protocol associated with the second server and activating a link between the first server and the second server using the first communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Kasten, Igor Chernyshev, Greg Seitz
  • Patent number: 11645758
    Abstract: In an example, a digital image comprising a representation of multiple physical objects is received at a client computer. The digital image is copied into a temporary canvas. The digital image is then analyzed to identify a plurality of potential object areas, each of the potential object areas having pixels with colors similar to the other pixels within the potential object area. A minimum bounding region for each of the identified potential object areas is identified, the minimum bounding region being a smallest region of a particular shape that bounds the corresponding potential object area. The pixels within a selected minimum bounding region are cropped from the digital image. The pixels within the selected minimum bounding region are then sent to an object recognition service on a server to identify an object represented by the pixels within the selected minimum bounding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Yoni Medoff, Siddharth Sakhadeo, Deepu Joseph
  • Patent number: 11645702
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an app provides a geolocation-limited marketplace limited to a pre-defined period of time. The geolocation-limited marketplace is accessible only by the users in a predefined geographical area. Typically, the predefined geographical area is limited to an area small enough for a user to walk from one end to the other in a short period of time. The pre-defined period of time is of some limited length of time that may occur at a pre-defined interval. In some instances, the period of time is one hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Muhammad Anzar Afaq, Emily Zhang, Ran Chen, Frederik van Voorden
  • Publication number: 20230135294
    Abstract: Techniques are described, as implemented by computing devices, to control access to transactions through use of cosigning based on tokenized reputation scores. This is performed by leveraging a blockchain such that tokenized reputation scores are generated based on amounts of cryptographic reputation tokens associated with blockchain account addresses associated with applicant and co-signer service provider accounts. Transactional functionality is made available to an applicant service provider account having an insufficient tokenized reputation score by using a co-signer service provider account having a sufficient tokenized reputation score to at least partially back an obligation of the applicant service provider for a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Bruce Vosseller, Andrew Chalkley
  • Patent number: 11640436
    Abstract: A query segmentation system segments a search query into a query segment that identifies search results from items stored on a database. The query segmentation system receives a query string, and the query string comprises a plurality of tokens. A first token and a second token are identified from the plurality of tokens, and a first vector and a second vector associated with the first token and the second token respectively are determined. The query segmentation system determines whether to include the first and second tokens in a single query segment based on the first and second vectors. The single query segment is processed to identify the search results from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Ajinkya Gorakhnath Kale, Thrivikrama Taula, Amit Srivastava, Sanjika Hewavitharana
  • Patent number: 11640408
    Abstract: A user may submit a search query to a search engine, which may process the search query and generate a set of results. Previous actions of the user or of other users may be used to identify recommended search queries. The recommended search queries may be presented to the user along with the search results for the query. The location of the recommended search queries may be fixed, set by the user, or determined on a query-by-query basis. A user interface element operable to cause the presentation of one or more recommended search queries may be presented after a delay. After an additional or independent delay, the recommended search queries may be presented automatically. The delays may be fixed, set by the user, or determined on a query-by-query basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Manas Haribhai Somaiya, Rabi Chakraborty, Nirveek De, Akshata Baliga, Corey Demarco, Jian Xu, Sudeep Dasgupta, Meenal Varshney, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, Dennis Marshall
  • Patent number: 11640283
    Abstract: A control bar for element activation is described. A design interface for editing digital content includes at least a first control bar and a second control bar. The first control bar is associated with a first element of the digital content and the second control bar is associated with a second element of the digital content that at least partially overlaps the first element in the digital content. The control bars are configured to remain visible and selectable in the design interface while editing the digital content. User input to select the first control bar or the second control bar is received, and the respective first element or second element associated with the selected control bar is activated responsive to the user input. The activating changes a visual appearance of both the selected control bar and the activated element and enables user interaction with the activated element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Xie, Pei Wang
  • Patent number: 11639878
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, devices, systems, and methods for a waist measuring belt are provided. An example waist measuring belt is made up of a belt buckle frame with attachments for a belt strap. The belt further includes a position measuring module coupled to the belt buckle frame that measures an attachment position of a second end of the belt strap to the belt buckle frame. The belt also includes a tension measuring module coupled to the belt buckle frame that measures a tension through the belt buckle frame and the belt strap. A memory and a wireless communication module attached to the belt may be used to store measurements and communicate with a mobile device or server. In various embodiments, estimated user waist sizes over time using measured values and belt-specific data may be used to estimate a user's waist size and generate a waist size history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Robertson, Bryant Genepang Luk, Robert He, Ananya Das, Christopher Diebold O'Toole, Yu Tang, Richard Chapman Bates, Jason Ziaja
  • Patent number: 11640632
    Abstract: A method and a system segmenting a user viewing listings in online publications to render the listing according to a rule received from a seller. For example, the system receives one or more listings submitted by a seller. The listing comprises one or more modifiable parameters. The system also receives a rule from the seller, the rule associated with a first listing of the one or more listings. A profile is associated with a user based on data collected about the user. The first listing is rendered to the user based on the profile associated with the user and the rule by modifying the one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Mihir Mehta, Srinivasa Raghavan Ambikapathy, Monica Swamiraj, Kumaresan Manickavelu, Harishankar Nagarajan, Badrinarayanan Ramaswami
  • Patent number: 11640633
    Abstract: Example embodiments described herein disclose a specially configured device to receive and recognize enhanced user interactions through a graphical user interface. A user device may accordingly receive and display a set of search results, detect a user input entered via a touch-input device related to a single item from among the set of search results, determine a pressure exerted upon the touch-input device corresponding to the user input, and based on at least the pressure of the user input, select and execute an appropriate commerce action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Romi Akpala, Shikha Khare, Bryce Watson
  • Publication number: 20230127460
    Abstract: Digital content view control is described as leveraging a hierarchical structure of objects defined within the digital content to control how those objects are rendered in a user interface. In one example, a user input is received to display a view of objects within digital content displayed in a user interface. In response, a data query module is configured to fetch data describing a hierarchical structure of the digital content. From this, a z-order determination module determines a z-order of objects included with the digital content. An object view generation module is also configured to generate object views depicting the objects included in the digital content. The object views, once rendered, support an ability to view positioning of objects within the hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Xie, Pei Wang, Kun Yu, Xiaojie Zang
  • Patent number: 11636364
    Abstract: A machine may be configured to access an image of an item described by a description of the item. The machine may determine an image quality score of the image based on an analysis of the image. A request for search results that pertain to the description may be received by the machine, and the machine may present a search result that references the item's image, based on its image quality score. Also, the machine may access images of items and descriptions of items and generate a set of most frequent text tokens included in the item descriptions. The machine may identify an image feature exhibited by an item's image and determine that a text token from the corresponding item description matches one of the most frequent text tokens. A data structure may be generated by the machine to correlate the identified image feature with the text token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Anjan Goswami, Sung Hwan Chung
  • Patent number: 11636164
    Abstract: Various methods and systems for processing web crawling queries using a web crawling prioritization model based on classification operation performance. A classification operation for organizing products in a product listing platform is accessed. A web crawling engine is accessed for the classification operation. The web crawling engine operates based on a web crawling query prioritization model that supports determining web crawling priority scores that indicate a predicted performance improvement for classification operations executed with known data and web crawled data to be retrieved from executing a web crawling query operation. Using the web crawling prioritization model, a web crawling priority score is determined for a web crawling query for the corresponding classification operation. The classification operation is associated with a product in a product listing platform and known data for the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Ido Guy, Idan Schwartz, Kira Radinsky
  • Patent number: 11636524
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are described that leverage computer vision as part of search to expand functionality of a computing device available to a user and increase operational computational efficiency as well as efficiency in user interaction. In a first example, user interaction with items of digital content is monitored. Computer vision techniques are used to identify digital images in the digital content, objects within the digital images, and characteristics of those objects. This information is used to assign a user to a user segment of a user population which is then used to control output of subsequent digital content to the user, e.g., recommendations, digital marketing content, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Robinson Piramuthu, Timothy Samuel Keefer, Ashmeet Singh Rekhi, Padmapriya Gudipati, Mohammadhadi Kiapour, Shuai Zheng, Md Atiq ul Islam, Nicholas Anthony Whyte, Giridharan Iyengar
  • Patent number: 11636142
    Abstract: Methods and system for item matching are described. In one embodiment, compatibility-based text for an item may be accessed. A compatibility identifier may be identified based on the compatibility-based text. The compatibility identifier may be associated with an item cluster. The compatibility identifier may be used to identify a plurality of matching items. A result may be provided based on identification of the plurality of matching items. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Aditya Arora, Gurudatta Horantur Shivaswamy, Brian M. Johnson, Richard D. Henderson, Swati Agarwal, Jennifer M. Dante
  • Patent number: 11636265
    Abstract: Understanding emojis in the context of online experiences is described. In at least some embodiments, text input is received and a vector representation of the text input is computed. Based on the vector representation, one or more emojis that correspond to the vector representation of the text input are ascertained and a response is formulated that includes at least one of the one or more emojis. In other embodiments, input from a client machine is received. The input includes at least one emoji. A computed vector representation of the emoji is used to look for vector representations of words or phrases that are close to the computed vector representation of the emoji. At least one of the words or phrases is selected and at least one task is performed using the selected word(s) or phrase(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dishan Gupta, Ajinkya Gorakhnath Kale, Stefan Boyd Schoenmackers, Amit Srivastava
  • Patent number: 11636135
    Abstract: Systems and methods generate browse node pages. A combination of a category and one or more aspects is identified by analyzing historical user behavior data associated with a network-based system. A determination is made regarding whether existing browse node pages for the network-based system includes a browse node page for the identified combination. Each browse node page for the network-based system is accessible by a respective uniform resource location (URL) and provides a grouping of items in a respective category with one or more respective aspects. Based on a determination that a browse node page does not exist for the identified combination of the category and the one or more aspects, a browse node page for the identified combination is generated. The generated browse node page corresponds with a URL and provides items matching the identified combination of the category and the one or more aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Atiq Islam, Nish Parikh, Neeraj Garg
  • Patent number: 11631161
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are provided for image cleanup. In some embodiments, there is provide a method which may include subsampling a first image to a first level image of a multiscale transform; performing, based on a machine learning model, an identification of a foreground portion of the first level image and a background portion of the first level image; generating, based on the identification of the foreground portion and the background portion, a first mask; upscaling the first mask to a resolution corresponding to the first image depicting the foreground item; applying the upscaled first mask to the first image to form a second image depicting the foreground item; and providing the second image depicting the foreground item to a publication system. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Qiaosong Wang
  • Patent number: 11631121
    Abstract: Gesture functionality is provided in a computing environment. In example embodiments, a gesture input is received. A style difference is identified between a known gesture input of a set of known gesture inputs and the received gesture input. The set of known gesture inputs is caused to be modified to include the style difference by updating a database that stores the set of known gesture inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Melcher, Dane Howard
  • Publication number: 20230115897
    Abstract: A method for automatic metadata tag identification for videos is described. Content features are extracted from a video into respective data structures. The extracted content features are from at least two different feature modalities. The respective data structures are encoded into a common data structure using an encoder of a recurrent neural network (RNN) model. The common data structure is decoded using a decoder of the RNN model to identify content platform metadata tags to be associated with the video on a social content platform. Decoding is based on group tag data for users of the social content platform that identifies groups of the users and corresponding group metadata tags of interest for the groups of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dingxian WANG, Hongxu CHEN, Guandong XU, Li HE
  • Publication number: 20230113795
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating tokenized reputation scores are described. In one example, a service provider system receives data describing user activity associated with a service provider account and determines that the user activity is eligible for a reputation reward of reputation tokens. The service provider system initiates a calculation of the reputation reward based on the data describing the user activity. Further, the service provider system verifies a transfer of reputation tokens to a blockchain account address associated with the service provider account, where the reputation tokens are based on the reputation reward calculated. The service provider system generates a reputation score based on an amount of reputation tokens associated with the blockchain account address and generates an indication of the reputation score. The indication of the reputation score is displayed in relation to a representation of the service provider account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Tatjana Vlahovic, Someshekhar Banerjee
  • Patent number: 11625762
    Abstract: A user may request a recommendation for an item from other users. Other users may respond to the request by recommending for or against items. Users may up-vote or down-vote the recommendations or responses of other users. The recommendations of the other users may be used to identify items and provide one or more recommendations to the requesting user. The original question and the responses may form a conversation thread. The recommendations may be inserted into the thread as responses, may be presented alongside the thread, or may be presented at the end of the thread. The recommendations may be based on one or more attributes of the user. The weight of the recommendations provided by other users may vary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Valerie Nygaard, Ryan Lindsey Helft
  • Patent number: 11627196
    Abstract: A system and method for mirroring traffic data is described. A traffic proxy samples traffic data between a client device and a first web server. The traffic data comprises requests from the client device and corresponding responses from the first web server. The sampled traffic data is encoded and relayed to a second web server. The second web server comprises an updated version of a web service that is operating at the first web server. Responses from the first web server are compared with responses from the second web server based on the requests in the encoded sampled traffic data. The differences between the responses from the first web server and the second web server is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Amit Desai
  • Patent number: 11625238
    Abstract: Deployment of a modified service affects the functioning of other services that make use of the service. To address the problems that deployment of modified executable code can cause in other services, a dependency lock is placed on candidate code to prevent deployment until tests on the client services are successfully completed. Developers of client services that rely on a supplier service are enabled to place a dependency lock on the service. As a result, deployment of the supplier service is only allowed when tests of the client services complete successfully. The administrator of the service being deployed may control which other users are able to add dependency locks without giving those users other permissions such as the ability to modify the source code of the service, the ability to deploy the service, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Naitian Liu, Gaoxin Dai, Yan Liu, Liyong Cheng
  • Publication number: 20230109329
    Abstract: A system described herein uses data obtained from a wearable device of a first user to identify a second user and/or to determine that the first user is within a threshold distance of the second user. The system can then access an account of the second user to identify one or more items and retrieve model data for the item(s). The system causes the wearable device of the first user to render, for display in an immersive 3D environment (e.g., an augmented reality environment), an item associated with the account of the second user. The item can be rendered for display at a location on a display that is proximate to the second user (e.g., within a threshold distance of the second user) such that the item graphically corresponds to the second user. The item rendered for display may be an item of interest to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Steve YANKOVICH, Josh Timonen, David Beach, Andrew Chalkley
  • Publication number: 20230109574
    Abstract: Fingerprinting physical items to mint NFTs is described. One or more features of a physical item are captured using a fingerprint capture system of a client device, and a fingerprint of the physical item is generated using the captured features of the physical item. The fingerprint of the physical item is provided to an authentication service to verify that the physical item corresponds to an authentic physical item by matching the fingerprint of the physical item to distinguishing features of the authentic physical item. Responsive to verification by the authentication service, a digital twin NFT is minted on a blockchain using the matched fingerprint. A combined listing for the physical item and the digital twin NET is then generated on a listing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Bruce Vosseller, Christopher Michael Matthews, Andrew Chalkley, Paul Telis Stathacopoulos
  • Publication number: 20230108983
    Abstract: Techniques are described, as implemented by computing devices, to provide digital content to users through use of nonfungible tokens (NFTs). This is performed by leveraging a blockchain such that digital content associated with an item is made available to encourage the user to interact with NFTs on the service provider platform (e.g., discounts, NFT listing functionality, automatic initiation of NFT transfers, and so forth) based on a user's possession of the NFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Bruce Vosseller, Christopher Michael Matthews
  • Publication number: 20230106120
    Abstract: In one example, a server system facilitates an exchange of messages with a remote client application. An Application Program Interface (API) receives a first request message and a second request message, wherein the first request message includes a first data payload defined by a common definition and including a first payload data, the first payload defined by a first schema definition. The second request message includes a second data payload defined by the common definition and a second payload data, wherein the second payload is defined by a second schema definition different than the first schema definition. In response to receiving the first request message, the API transmits a first response message, and in response to receiving the second request message, the API transmits a second response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Zahid N. Ahmed, Alon Cohen, Daniel Tsun Kao, Ray Tanaka, Gary Yue, Bhaven Avalani
  • Publication number: 20230108817
    Abstract: Techniques are described, as implemented by computing devices, to control access to transactions through use of tokenized reputation scores. This is performed by leveraging a blockchain such that a tokenized reputation score is generated or calculated based on an amount of reputation tokens associated with a blockchain account address associated with a service provider account, and by making transactional functionality available to the service provider account based on a comparison of a tokenized reputation score affiliated with the service provider account with a threshold score associated with a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Bruce Vosseller, Andrew Chalkley