eBay Patent Applications

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CUSTOMIZING RESOURCES FOR THIRD PARTIES

Granted: October 27, 2022
Application Number: 20220343385
A resource provider is disclosed which, upon receiving selection of a resource from a first party for delivery to a third party, automatically determines configuration and/or customization settings for the specific resource based upon the third party user's target device and/or their preferred customizations. In doing so, the first party does not need to have specific knowledge about the third party in order to correctly configure or customize the resource for use by the third party.…

Personalized Curation and Customized Social Interaction

Granted: October 27, 2022
Application Number: 20220342533
A method of enhancing a network-based publication system with curator lists is disclosed. Information pertaining to an item is received from a submitter of a listing of the item on a network-based publication system. Metadata pertaining to the information about the item is received from a curator of the information pertaining to the item. A presentation of the information on a curator list is controlled based on the metadata.

Cross-Correlation Of Metrics For Anomaly Root Cause Identification

Granted: October 13, 2022
Application Number: 20220325392
Technologies are disclosed herein for cross-correlating metrics for anomaly root cause detection. Primary and secondary metrics associated with an anomaly are cross-correlated by first using the derivative of an interpolant of data points of the primary metric to identify a time window for analysis. Impact scores for the secondary metrics can be then be generated by computing the standard deviation of a derivative of data points of the secondary metrics during the identified time window.…

Traffic Mirroring

Granted: September 15, 2022
Application Number: 20220294872
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…

Machine Learning-Based Interactive Visual Monitoring Tool for High Dimensional Data Sets Across Multiple KPIs

Granted: September 8, 2022
Application Number: 20220283695
Described are computing systems and methods configured to detect a small, but meaningful, anomaly within one or more metrics associated with a platform. The system displays visuals of the metrics so that a user monitoring the platform can effectively notice a problem associated with the anomaly and take appropriate action to remediate the problem. An operational visual includes a radar-based visual with a heatmap arranging metrics, and a node representing a state of the metrics.…

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-MERCHANT COUPONING

Granted: May 12, 2022
Application Number: 20220148043
Methods and systems for enabling multi-merchant coupon campaigns within an online publication system are described. In an example, a method can include generating an item listing, receiving information specifying a set of coupon criteria, detecting an event within a multi-merchant publication system, and present a coupon in response to detecting the event. The generating an item listing can be based on information received from a merchant-computer. If the set of coupon criteria is…

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT ON MULTIPLE NETWORKED DEVICES WITH A SIMPLE COMMAND

Granted: May 12, 2022
Application Number: 20220147306
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…

Garment Tags For Intelligent Laundering Alerts

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220139196
Aspects of the present disclosure involve an apparatus, systems, and methods for providing intelligent laundering alerts. Example embodiments involve an intelligent garment tag that may be affixed to garments, and may store and provide information about the garment to which it is affixed. The information stored thereon describes various aspects of the garment including color, fabric, and laundering information. The intelligent garment tags further include an alert component for providing…

PARALLEL PREDICTION OF MULTIPLE IMAGE ASPECTS

Granted: May 5, 2022
Application Number: 20220138251
Example embodiments that analyze images to characterize aspects of the images rely on a same neural network to characterize multiple aspects in parallel. Because additional neural networks are not required for additional aspects, such an approach scales with increased aspects.

Garnering Interest on Potential Listing in a Photo or Video

Granted: April 28, 2022
Application Number: 20220129935
Various implementations described herein are able to leverage the interaction from one or more potential buyers relative to a digital image to automatically create a sales listing for items that appear to be of interest to the buyers. This reduces or eliminates all together the manual effort previously required of sellers in researching and collecting data on each item they wish to sell. Because of their technical nature, the innovative solutions described herein are also readily…

MOBILE DEVICE SELF-IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

Granted: April 21, 2022
Application Number: 20220122446
Techniques for locating and identifying mobile devices are described. According to various embodiments, an ambient sound signal may be detected using a microphone of a mobile device. Thereafter, it may be determined that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating the mobile device. A predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query may then be emitted, using a speaker of the mobile device. Additionally, user…

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF SPAM PUBLICATION

Granted: April 21, 2022
Application Number: 20220122122
In various example embodiments, a system and method for determining a spam publication using a spam detection system are presented. The spam detection system receives, from a device, an image of an item and an item attribute for the item. Additionally, the spam detection system extracts an image attribute based on the received image, and compares the item attribute and the image attribute. Moreover, the spam detection system calculates a confidence score based on the comparison.…

IMAGE-BASED LISTING USING IMAGE OF MULTIPLE ITEMS

Granted: April 14, 2022
Application Number: 20220114651
Example embodiments of a system and method for image-based listing of an item, using an image of multiple items, are generally described herein. In some example embodiments, an image-based listing system includes an identifying module to identify a portion of an image of multiple items, the portion of the image depicting the item; a tagging module to associate tag information with the portion of the image, the tag information being associated with the item; and a listing module to list…

Automatic Generation of Individual Item Listings from a Bulk Listing

Granted: April 14, 2022
Application Number: 20220114608
Automatic generation of individual item listings from a bulk listing is described. Bulk listing data associated with a bulk listing is obtained from a storage device associated with a listing system. The bulk listing data is processed to extract individual item information for individual items of the bulk listing. A plurality of individual item listings for the individual items of the bulk listing are automatically generated by populating the individual item listings with the respective…

Dynamic Link Preview Generation

Granted: April 14, 2022
Application Number: 20220114230
Dynamic link preview generation techniques are described that overcome the challenges of conventional techniques by supporting link preview generation by a content provider system that proves the digital content via a respective network address. In one example, a content provider system, based on a request received from a service provider system, identifies a communication platform of the service provider system that is to be used to communicate the shared link. Upon identifying the…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AN ITEM COLLECTION

Granted: April 7, 2022
Application Number: 20220107976
In example embodiments, a system and method for providing item notifications is provided. A networked system receives, from a device of a user, a selection of an item from a list for monitoring. The network system also receives, from the device of the user, a condition that triggers the reporting of news for the selected item. The network system monitors for news for the selected item. A determination is made as to whether the condition that triggers the reporting of the news is…

Computer Vision and Image Characteristic Search

Granted: March 31, 2022
Application Number: 20220101403
Computer vision and image characteristic search is described. The described system leverages visual search techniques by determining visual characteristics of objects depicted in images and comparing the determined characteristics to visual characteristics of other images, e.g., to identify similar visual characteristics in the other images. In some aspects, the described system performs searches that leverage a digital image as part of a search query to locate digital content of…

GENERATING A DIGITAL IMAGE USING A GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORK

Granted: March 24, 2022
Application Number: 20220092367
Various embodiments described herein utilize multiple levels of generative adversarial networks (GANs) to facilitate generation of digital images based on user-provided images. Some embodiments comprise a first generative adversarial network (GAN) and a second GAN coupled to the first GAN, where the first GAN includes an image generator and at least two discriminators, and the second GAN includes an image generator and at least one discriminator. According to some embodiments, the…

Follow-Up Messages After In-Store Shopping

Granted: March 24, 2022
Application Number: 20220092134
Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for provisioning follow up messages to individuals after an in-store retail shopping experience. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include identifying an item of interest to an individual while in a retail store. The method may further include detecting the individual leaving the retails store, and in…

MANAGING DATABASE OFFSETS WITH TIME SERIES

Granted: March 17, 2022
Application Number: 20220083556
Systems and methods of improving the functioning of a streaming platform system by managing database change stream offsets using a time series database are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a computer system retrieves an offset value from a plurality of offset values stored in a time series database, with the plurality of offset values being indexed in the time series database in time order, and the retrieved offset value being retrieved using a time parameter, and then the…