INTEGRATION OF 3D MODELS
Granted: March 3, 2022
Application Number:
20220068011
In various example embodiments, a system and method for integration of a three-dimensional model is disclosed. In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of images, selecting points on the images and triangulating the points to generate a plurality of depth maps, generate a three-dimensional mesh by combining the plurality of depth maps, generating a three-dimensional model of the item by projecting the plurality of images onto the mesh using the points,…
Virtual Tracking Number
Granted: March 3, 2022
Application Number:
20220067648
Virtual tracking number techniques and systems are described which overcome conventional challenges to support tracking of shipment of physical items as part of digital services. In one example, the virtual tracking number is generated automatically as part of a shipping address by a service provider system that implements the digital services. Inclusion of the virtual tracking number is then identified by a shipping provider system and used to form a communication that indicates a…
Digital Service Resource Allocation and Sharing
Granted: February 24, 2022
Application Number:
20220058697
Techniques for resource allocation with content creators are described that overcome the challenges of conventional techniques by supporting customized digital content generation and resource allocation specified by content creators of digital content. In one example, a content provider system, based on user input received via a control, specifies the portions of a resource allocation to be shared. A first portion is configured to be shared with a content creator of digital content, the…
Control Bar for Element Activation
Granted: February 24, 2022
Application Number:
20220058003
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…
Content Extraction System
Granted: February 24, 2022
Application Number:
20220057920
A system includes a content extraction engine comprising at least one processor and configured to receive a content page for a target product including product data for the target product and noise content unrelated to the target product, identify noise content pertaining to data unrelated to the target product, remove noise content from the content page, thereby generating a remainder content page containing target product data usable to enable product comparison between multiple…
INTELLIGENT ONLINE PERSONAL ASSISTANT WITH OFFLINE VISUAL SEARCH DATABASE
Granted: February 17, 2022
Application Number:
20220050870
Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying a candidate product in an electronic marketplace based on a visual comparison between candidate product image visual content and input query image visual content. Embodiments generate and store descriptive image signatures from candidate product images or selected portions of such images. A subsequently calculated visual similarity measure serves as a visual search result score for the candidate product in comparison to an…
Systems And Methods For Automatically Reconfiguring A Building Structure
Granted: January 27, 2022
Application Number:
20220025638
Techniques for automatically modulating a physical configuration of a reconfigurable building structure. A reconfigurable building structure may be constructed of physical elements that are movable with respect to one another to facilitate actuating the reconfigurable building structure between a plurality of different physical configurations. The physical configuration of a reconfigurable building structure may be adjusted to accommodate for physical dimensions of an item that is going…
Data Storage Space Recovery
Granted: January 20, 2022
Application Number:
20220019351
Storage space is reclaimed by cleaning and compacting data objects where data objects are stored by immutable storage. A storage area of which space needs to be reclaimed is identified. Active and stale data objects stored in a storage area are identified, and only active data objects are transferred to a shadow storage area from the storage area when recovering storage space. I/O operations can be fulfilled from the storage area and the shadow storage area. Compaction requests and I/O…
Fit Simulation Garment
Granted: January 6, 2022
Application Number:
20220005287
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for simulating the fit of a particular garment on a user using a fit simulation garment. The fit simulation garment is wearable by a user and comprises a plurality of actuators configured to simulate tightness of regions of the particular garment. The method includes receiving a garment fit model defining the fit of the particular garment on the user. The method further…
Battery Charge Aware Communications
Granted: January 6, 2022
Application Number:
20220007296
A system and method for conducting battery charge aware communications is disclosed. A system receives a content request from a client device, wherein the content request indicates one or more content items. The system retrieves the one or more requested content items from a content database at the system. The system determines whether the content request includes current remaining battery power data for the client device. In response to determining that the content request includes the…
Dynamic Generation of User Interface Elements
Granted: January 6, 2022
Application Number:
20220005109
In various example embodiments, a system and method for dynamically generating user interface elements and associated values are presented. An item listing and profile data are accessed. A set of user interface elements are dynamically generated based on the item listing and the profile data, with each user interface element configured to perform an action on the item listing. A set of values are dynamically determined, with each value being associated with a user interface element of…
JOINT-BASED ITEM RECOGNITION
Granted: December 30, 2021
Application Number:
20210406960
For an input image of a person, a set of object proposals are generated in the form of bounding boxes. A pose detector identifies coordinates in the image corresponding to locations on the person's body, such as the waist, head, hands, and feet of the person. A convolutional neural network receives the portions of the input image defined by the bounding boxes and generates a feature vector for each image portion. The feature vectors are input to one or more support vector machine…
AUTOMATIC IMAGE SELECTION FOR ONLINE PRODUCT CATALOGS
Granted: December 23, 2021
Application Number:
20210397894
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for automatic image selection for online product catalogs. An image selection system gathers feature data for images of an item included in listings posted to an online marketplace. The image selection system uses the feature data as input in a machine learning model to determine probability scores indicating an estimated probability that each image is suitable to represent the item. The machine learning model is…
Automated Determination of Web Page Rendering Performance
Granted: December 23, 2021
Application Number:
20210397535
Automated determination of web page rendering performance techniques and systems are described. In one example, a web page including multiple user-interactive elements that can be selected or navigated via user input is received. A frame rendering system is employed to automatically identify the user-interactive elements and generate scripts to simulate user input at the user-interactive elements. The generated scripts are then used to simulate user input at the user-interactive…
Dependency Lock In CICD Pipelines
Granted: December 23, 2021
Application Number:
20210397446
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…
Aspect Pre-selection using Machine Learning
Granted: December 16, 2021
Application Number:
20210390365
Aspect pre-selection techniques using machine learning are described. In one example, an artificial assistant system is configured to implement a chat bot. A user then engages in a first natural-language conversation. As part of this first natural-language conversation, a communication is generated by the chat bot to prompt the user to specify an aspect of a category that is a subject of a first natural-language conversation and user data is received in response. Data that describes this…
Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, and Digital Ticketing Systems
Granted: December 9, 2021
Application Number:
20210383118
Augmented reality, computer vision, and digital ticketing system techniques are described that employ a location determination system. In one example, the location determination system is configured to receiving at least one digital image as part of a live camera feed, identify an object included in the at least one digital image using object recognition, determine a location of the object in relation to a digital map of a physical environment, generate augmented reality digital content…
SHARING INFORMATION ON A NETWORK-BASED SOCIAL PLATFORM
Granted: December 9, 2021
Application Number:
20210383015
A system and method for sharing information on a network-based social platform is provided. An indication is received from a first user to share information regarding an item on a network-based social platform. The network-based social platform is a platform that allows the first user to communicative couple with other users of the network-based social platform. Profile information of the first user is accessed. A determination of whether the first user is authorized to share the…
Augmented or Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Companion Device Techniques
Granted: December 9, 2021
Application Number:
20210382591
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…
Adjusting an Interface Based On a Cognitive Mode
Granted: December 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210373716
In various example embodiments, a system and method for adjusting a user interface according to a cognitive mode is disclosed. In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of user events based on a user interacting with a system, determining a cognitive operating mode of the user based on the user events, with the cognitive operating mode selected from a predefined set of cognitive operating modes, and modifying a user interface element according to the cognitive…
