GENERATING PHYSICAL PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION PARAMETERS BASED ON ANALYSIS OF INPUT MEDIA
Granted: November 25, 2021
Application Number:
20210368021
An enhanced product recommendation service observes a user engaging in an activity to automatically recommend products that facilitate performance of the activity. Photographs and/or video of the user performing the activity may be analyzed to identify an output that results from the activity and/or an activity task sequence that includes multiple tasks associated with completing the activity. Then, the enhanced product recommendation service may identify a product that is usable to…
Device Ancillary Activity
Granted: November 18, 2021
Application Number:
20210358010
Described herein is a system and method for performing ancillary activity. A device activity being performed by a user device of a user is detected. Attribute data associated with a plurality of attribute sources is accessed. A user preference indicating a preference for performing on a secondary user device a complementary activity corresponding to the device activity is inferred. Based on the inferred user preference, the secondary user device is identified according to a device status…
Systems And Methods To Utilize An Electronic Garage Shelf
Granted: November 11, 2021
Application Number:
20210350339
An electronic garage shelf is described. The system includes an electronic garage shelf which may be a metaphor for a shelf in a garage that is used to store parts for a vehicle. Merely for example, the electronic garage shelf may store a token part that signifies a part or smart component such as an oil filter, carburetor, spark plug, on a garage shelf in the user's garage. Further, the metaphor for a shelf in the garage may be expanded to include a virtual part that represents a part…
Virtual Facility Platform
Granted: November 4, 2021
Application Number:
20210342922
In various example embodiments, a system and method for dynamically generating virtual marketplace platforms are presented. The system receives a set of facility data, a set of selections for a set of user interaction objects, and a set of object placement selections. The set of user interaction objects includes a first subset and a second subset. The system generates a virtual facility comprising the facility data and the set of user interaction objects distributed based on the object…
FLAW ANALYSIS OF IMAGES
Granted: November 4, 2021
Application Number:
20210342908
Systems and methods are disclosed to provide flaw accentuation to an image in an e-commerce online marketplace. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving at an online marketplace, from a seller through the Internet, an image of an item being listed for sale at the online marketplace and text related to the item being listed for sale; determining that the item includes a flaw based on the text related to the item being listed for sale or the image of the item; creating a flaw…
Digital Image Suitability Determination to Generate AR/VR Digital Content
Granted: November 4, 2021
Application Number:
20210342306
Techniques image suitability determination to generate augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) digital content are described. A two-dimensional digital image is received. Using machine-learning, a determination as to whether an object captured by the two-dimensional digital image is suitable for generating AR/VR digital content for display in an AR/VR environment is made. If the object is suitable, an indication is provided and an option to view the object in an AR/VR environment is…
System and Method for Visualization of Items in an Environment Using Augmented Reality
Granted: October 28, 2021
Application Number:
20210334891
Systems and methods for visualization of an item in an environment using augmented reality are provided. Environment image data containing an image of an environment is received. A selection of an item for placement into an indicated location of the environment is received. An item image of the selected item is scaled based on dimensions determined from the environment image data for the environment. The scaled item image is augmented into the image of the environment at the indicated…
Adaptive Data Platforms
Granted: October 28, 2021
Application Number:
20210334323
An experimentation platform controls testing of features by an application server. Based on a user identifier, the experimentation platform determines which feature should be provided, and the application server provides the corresponding version of a user interface. If the user behavior data shows that using a tested feature results in an improvement, the tested feature will be adopted. To determine whether or not an improvement is observed, a statistically significant amount of data is…
Method, System and Computer-Readable Media for Rendering of Three-Dimensional Model Data Based on Characteristics of Objects in A Real-World Environment
Granted: October 14, 2021
Application Number:
20210319502
The disclosed technologies identify opportunities to display relevant three-dimensional (“3D”) model data within a real-world environment as a user wears a wearable device. The 3D model data can be associated with objects, or items, and the 3D model data rendered for display is relevant in the sense that the items are determined to be of interest to the user and the items fits within the real-world environment in which the user is currently located. For instance, the techniques…
VIEWING SHOPPING INFORMATION ON A NETWORK BASED SOCIAL PLATFORM
Granted: October 14, 2021
Application Number:
20210319522
A system for viewing shopping information on a social networking platform is disclosed. At the social networking platform, the system receives a request from a user device corresponding to a first user of the social networking platform to view a list of a second user of the social networking platform. The list may include items offered for transaction on a network-based commerce server. In response to receiving the request from the user device, the system forwards the request to the…
PRODUCT IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM
Granted: October 7, 2021
Application Number:
20210312212
Methods and systems for generating new product images are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes identifying, via hardware processing circuitry, a template for a category of products, the template defining locations of attributes of products belonging to the category, identifying, via the hardware processing circuitry, common attributes of products of the category based on the template, averaging, via the hardware processing circuitry, corresponding pixel values across images…
Camera Platform Incorporating Schedule and Stature
Granted: October 7, 2021
Application Number:
20210312180
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…
Modification of Three-Dimensional Garments Using Gestures
Granted: October 7, 2021
Application Number:
20210311559
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…
Lip-Reading Session Triggering Events
Granted: September 30, 2021
Application Number:
20210304768
Techniques for lip-reading session triggering events are described. A computing device is equipped with lip-reading capability that enables the device to “read the lips” (i.e., facial features) of a user. The computing device determines when a triggering event occurs to automatically cause the computing device to switch from one input type to a lip-reading session. Lip-reading is also used in conjunction with other types of inputs to improve accuracy of the input. Machine learning is…
LEVERAGING A SOCIAL NETWORK TO SEARCH FOR LOCAL INVENTORY
Granted: September 23, 2021
Application Number:
20210295259
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for leveraging a social network to search for local inventory includes communicating with a first mobile communication device over a network, the first mobile communication device associated with a user, and communicating with a second mobile communication device over the network, the second mobile communication device associated with a social network contact. The method further includes obtaining a…
Simulating Touch In A Virtual Environment
Granted: September 23, 2021
Application Number:
20210294420
In various example embodiments, a system and method for simulating touch in a virtual environment is disclosed. In one example embodiment, a system includes one or more circuits configured to receive an indicator of a sensed touch in a virtual environment and to determine, based on the indicator, an area of the sensed touch. The one or more circuits are further configured to generate a simulated touch by applying a field to one or more touch simulators, the field actuating the one or…
Online Pluggable 3D Platform for 3D Representations of Items
Granted: September 16, 2021
Application Number:
20210286505
A machine may be configured to provide an online pluggable three-dimensional platform for publication of three-dimensional representations of items. For example, the machine generates a first software unit that corresponds to the three-dimensional representation of the item, and a second software unit that corresponds to an online three-dimensional platform that is pluggable to include the three-dimensional representation of the item corresponding to the first software unit. The online…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUBLISHING AND/OR SHARING MEDIA PRESENTATIONS OVER A NETWORK
Granted: September 9, 2021
Application Number:
20210279931
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for publishing and/or sharing media presentations over a network comprise communicating with a user and one or more distribution channels via the network, gathering media resources based on user input, creating a media presentation with the media resources based on user input, and publishing the media presentation by distributing the media presentation to the one or more distribution channels via…
Smart Shelves
Granted: September 9, 2021
Application Number:
20210279675
A method may include obtaining a weight of merchandise supported by a shelf and obtaining identifier data of the merchandise supported by the shelf The identifier data may be wirelessly received from tags associated with the merchandise. The method may also include determining information for presentation to a consumer regarding the merchandise based on the weight of the merchandise and the identifier data of the merchandise. The method may also include providing the information for…
Auto Posting System
Granted: September 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210272171
The disclosed technologies include a robotic selling assistant that receives an item from a seller, automatically generates a posting describing the item for sale, stores the item until it is sold, and delivers or sends the item out for delivery. The item is placed in a compartment that uses one or more sensors to identify the item, retrieve supplemental information about the item, and take pictures of the item for inclusion in the posting. A seller-supplied description of the item may…
