Selecting Users Relevant To a Geofence
Granted: August 8, 2019
Application Number:
20190244249
A system may identify attributes of a geofence surrounding a location. The attributes of the geofence may represent merchant characteristics of a brick-and-mortar store and may further represent item characteristics of merchandise items available for sale from the brick-and-mortar store. A subset of users from a plurality of users eligible to receive the geofence may be selected based at least in part on matching the attributes of the geofence to preferences associated with each user…
Garnering Interest on Potential Listing in a Photo or Video
Granted: August 1, 2019
Application Number:
20190236628
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…
Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, and Digital Ticketing Systems
Granted: July 18, 2019
Application Number:
20190220665
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…
Artificial Assistant System Notifications
Granted: July 11, 2019
Application Number:
20190214005
Artificial assistant system notification techniques are described that overcome the challenges of conventional search techniques. In one example, a user profile is generated to describe aspects of products or services learned through natural language conversations between a user and an artificial assistant system. These aspects may include price as well as non-price aspects such as color, texture, material, and so forth. To learn the aspects, the artificial assistant system may leverage…
Computer Vision and Image Characteristic Search
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190205962
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…
POST-PURCHASE USAGE ANALYTICS TO PROMPT RESELLING OF ITEMS IN AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190205941
A system and method for prompting, soliciting, or otherwise encouraging an owner of an item to resell the item in an online marketplace. A number of post-purchase analytics about the item can inform as to the desirability of presenting the owner with an opportunity to post a listing for the item in the online opportunity. The analytics derive from a variety of information about the item. The information can be compiled using any technique in which the information can be compiled and…
Computer Vision, User Segment, and Missing Item Determination
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190205646
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…
Computer Vision for Unsuccessful Queries and Iterative Search
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190205333
Computer vision for unsuccessful queries and iterative search is described. The described system leverages visual search techniques by determining visual characteristics of objects depicted in images and describing them, e.g., using feature vectors. In some aspects, these visual characteristics are determined for search queries that are identified as not being successful. Aggregated information describing visual characteristics of images of unsuccessful search queries is used to…
Proactive Re-Routing Of Vehicles Using Passive Monitoring Of Occupant Frustration Level
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190204107
Aspects of the present disclosure include a navigation system and computer-implemented methods for proactively re-routing vehicles based on an analysis of input component data obtained from the navigation-enabled devices. The navigation system scores the input component data to obtain a measure of frustration (e.g., a feeling of being upset or annoyed) of the user of the navigation-enabled device. The navigation system may provide a detour suggestion for display on the navigation-enabled…
Using a Smartphone for Remote Interaction with Visual User Interfaces
Granted: June 6, 2019
Application Number:
20190173994
Methods and systems are provided for establishing an interaction session between a visual interface on any of a wide range of devices (e.g., POS, ATM, computer, television, or other visual display) and a smartphone having a camera by using the smartphone camera to scan or capture a special image (e.g., a QR code) presented on the visual interface. The special image serves as a token mark that can graphically encode information about the visual interface and the operator or owner of the…
Aspect Pre-selection using Machine Learning
Granted: May 23, 2019
Application Number:
20190156177
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…
User-Widget-Based Transaction System
Granted: May 16, 2019
Application Number:
20190147528
A method and system are described to provide a user-widget-based transaction environment. In one example embodiment, an electronic magazine may be presented to a user device as a widget without using a browser. The electronic magazine may comprise two or more data pages. A user selection of at least one of the two or more data pages may be detected and then communicated from the user device across a network for further processing.
Comparison and Visualization System
Granted: May 9, 2019
Application Number:
20190138521
In various example embodiments, a system and method for structuring search results for attribute comparison are presented. A product selection from a user device is received. The product selection has a plurality of attributes associated with it. A plurality of adjustable sliders configured to allow the user to refine a search is generated and caused to be displayed in a user interface of the user device. One or more adjustment of the plurality of adjustable sliders is received. In…
Graphical User Interface Element Adjustment
Granted: May 9, 2019
Application Number:
20190138195
A computer-implemented method of graphical user interface element adjustment may include presenting a graphical user interface element that includes an adjustable element that is configured to be moved to adjust a selection of a value between a first end value and a second end value. In response to a movement of the adjustable element to adjust the selection of the value, the computer-implemented method further include obtaining a time for the movement of the adjustable element and…
Location-Based Display of Pixel History
Granted: May 2, 2019
Application Number:
20190130877
Various techniques present, on a display of a user device, a current screen including an element distinct from a previous element of a previous screen. The previous element was presented at a location on less than an entirety of the previous screen. The user device receives a gesture input that requests that the previous element be presented within the current screen next to a current element of the current screen. The gesture input indicates a location of the current element, wherein…
Delivering Personalized Content to Authenticated User Devices
Granted: April 25, 2019
Application Number:
20190124075
Techniques for generated scannable coded images or user actionable-link with corresponding personalized content are described. In an example embodiment, the personalized content may only be accessed via the scannable coded image by authenticated user devices, wherein the permissions associated with the authentication are determined at the time the personalized content is generated. Responsive to a user device attempting to access the contents of a scannable coded image, the user device…
Supplementing an Image Gallery with Status Indicators
Granted: April 11, 2019
Application Number:
20190108570
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…
Multi-Dimensional Query Statement Modification
Granted: April 11, 2019
Application Number:
20190108254
Systems and methods for multi-dimensional query statement modification are described. A system presents a user interface including a first plurality of graphical elements representing a plurality of activity dimensions to a user. The system detects a user selection of a first activity dimension and a second user selection of a first attribute of the first activity dimension without a selection of the second attribute. The system searches objects using a search query based on the first…
Systems and Methods for Providing Information on a Mobile Device
Granted: March 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190098141
Example methods and systems described herein provide information on a mobile device. Some example embodiments may include receiving information that is current as of a specific period. The information may be subject to change with a progression of time. An example embodiment includes causing the received information to be output to a user interface of a mobile device at the same time that an element of a computing application is being output to the user interface. The element of the…
Camera Platform and Object Inventory Control
Granted: March 14, 2019
Application Number:
20190080171
Camera platform and object inventory control techniques are described. In an implementation a live feed of digital images is output in a user interface by a computing device. A user selection is received through interaction with the user interface of at least one of the digital images. An object, included within the at least one digital image, is recognized using machine learning. Metadata is then obtained that pertains to the recognized object. Augmented reality digital content is…
