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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
