Blockchain-based authentication and authorization
Granted: September 20, 2022
Patent Number:
11449819
The disclosed technologies include receiving a request from a second computing device to verify ownership of a blockchain address. A challenge content is generated and sent to the requestor. A signature is received comprising a hash of the challenge content generated using a private key. A public key corresponding to the private key is obtained, and the signature is validated using the public key. In response to validating the signature, a characteristic is associated with a user…
Image evaluation
Granted: September 20, 2022
Patent Number:
11449719
A machine may be configured to perform image evaluation of images depicting items for sale and to provide recommendations for improving the images depicting the items to increase the sales of the items depicted in the images. For example, the machine accesses a result of a user behavior analysis. The machine receives an image of an item from a user device. The machine performs an image evaluation of the received image based on an analysis of the received image and the result of the user…
Data indexing and searching using permutation indexes
Granted: September 20, 2022
Patent Number:
11449484
Systems and methods are provided for creating and utilizing search indexes with different properties to provide efficient and flexible means for retrieving and ranking high-dimensional content. A first index and a second index are generated with a different sets of properties, which may include a permutation prefix length and a vector quantization scheme, and are each associated with a computational workload. Further, at least one index structure may be created with a posting list…
Audio control system
Granted: September 20, 2022
Patent Number:
11449304
Systems and methods for controlling an audio device include a system provider device that retrieves, through a network, audio device information for at least one audio device. The system provider device also receives an indication of a triggered alert from at least one of a plurality of devices. In various embodiments, the system provider device determines an alert type corresponding to the received indication of the triggered alert. In addition, the system provider device modifies an…
Private embedded marketplace
Granted: September 13, 2022
Patent Number:
11443354
Consistent with some embodiments of the present invention, an online marketplace service includes am embedded marketplace service that enables third-party merchants to quickly and easily leverage the online marketplace to offer marketplace functionality via their respective online retail stores. Each third-party merchant can configure the embedded marketplace service to meet its needs. For instance, with a user interface presenting various configuration options, the third-party merchant…
Method and system for streamlining voting process
Granted: September 13, 2022
Patent Number:
11443280
A method and system for streamlining a voting process performed by a web application is provided. As the web application may require that a voting action is effectuated after the user is registered to vote and also has supplied valid credentials, the web application is configured to receive credentials of the user stored by a second web application, e.g., a web-based social networking application. Subsequent to receiving the credentials of the user stored by the second web application,…
System and method for managing network traffic routing
Granted: September 13, 2022
Patent Number:
11443007
A method and system receives at a server a search request and processes the search request to determine a context of the search request, then determines, based on the context, a network route to an application server having the closest geographic proximity, with respect to the server, to the most relevant database associated with the context.
Audience adjusted gaming
Granted: September 13, 2022
Patent Number:
11439910
A system and method includes a first device with one or more processors coupled to a memory that executes instructions from the memory to perform the steps of receiving a request to begin a videogame; streaming video of the videogame to an audience; determine a popularity of the streaming video; and changing the videogame mechanics based on the popularity of the streaming video.
Concurrent browsing interface with recommendations based on user attributes
Granted: September 6, 2022
Patent Number:
11436658
Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for providing a concurrent browsing session are provided. The user interface and recommendation engines may provide recommendations that are based on the user attributes of a group of users in a concurrent browsing interface, where participating users may interact with the user interface and view a real-time live feeds of other participating user's browsing screens and activity. The user attributes associated with the…
User commentary systems and methods
Granted: September 6, 2022
Patent Number:
11438665
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving program content and data describing program content from a content source, and automatically identifying, based on user preferences of a first user, one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. Product-related metadata associated with the program content is identified. The product-related metadata including data relating to the one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. The…
Different action user-interface components in a comparison view
Granted: September 6, 2022
Patent Number:
11436655
Different action user-interface components in a comparison view are described. Initially, a selection is received to display a comparison view via a user interface of a listing platform. Multiple listings of the listing platform are selected for inclusion in the comparison view. A comparison view system determines which action of a plurality of actions, used by the listing platform, to associate with each of the listings. A display device displays the multiple listings concurrently in a…
Automatic sequential review elicitation
Granted: September 6, 2022
Patent Number:
11436616
Some embodiments may provide a method and a system for receiving, from a first user, a first evaluation indication with respect to a first publication, and in response to receiving the first evaluation indication, automatically initiating a secondary evaluation process comprising automatically selecting a set of publications including at least a second publication; presenting a first user interface affordance to elicit a selection indication indicating a publication from among the set of…
Systems and methods to provide visual browsing
Granted: September 6, 2022
Patent Number:
11436298
Systems and methods for multi-directional visual browsing on an electronic device are described. In example embodiments, a primary result and a peripheral result are determined. A display layout based on attributes associated with the primary result and the peripheral result is generated. The display layout is then formatted into instructions, which will cause a device to render the display layout. The instructions are transmitted to the client device.
Image modification based on objects of interest
Granted: May 10, 2022
Patent Number:
11330167
In various example embodiments, a system and method for modifying images are presented. The system receives a user interface selection initiating an image capture and detects a first image capture parameter. The system identifies an object of interest within a field of view of an image capture device and identifies a set of object characteristics of the object of interest. The system generates a parameter notification indicating a suggested modification of the first image capture…
Personalized content sharing platform
Granted: May 10, 2022
Patent Number:
11330024
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing personalized content sharing service is presented. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include receiving a request to share a content item with a member of the social network. The method may further include determining an interest of the member of the social network based on social data about the member of the social network. A customized…
Proactive re-routing of vehicles using passive monitoring of occupant frustration level
Granted: May 10, 2022
Patent Number:
11326896
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…
Multi-dimensional search
Granted: May 3, 2022
Patent Number:
11321334
Example methods and systems are directed to providing multi-dimensional search results. A source (e.g., a closed captioning stream) may provide a series of keywords. The series of keywords may be used to generate a series of searches. The results from the searches may be presented as part of a user interface in a grid. For example, one row may be presented for each keyword, with the row for the keyword containing the results from searching using that keyword. Alternatively, one column…
Application recommendation engine
Granted: May 3, 2022
Patent Number:
11321687
A computed-implemented method and system for recommending business applications on a network-based marketplace are described. A user's listings, representing items for sale on the marketplace, are harvested to calculate segmentation data and metrics that form a user profile. The user profile is compared with other similar users who have subscribed to various applications, and the impact those applications have had on the metrics of the similar users is calculated in order to determine…
Generative grammar models for effective promotion and advertising
Granted: May 3, 2022
Patent Number:
11321539
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for creating advertisement messages using generative grammar models is presented. A generative grammar model defining a message structure of requested message is accessed. The message structure includes a plurality of lexical slots. The generative grammar model includes a corpus of source data to populate each lexical slot in the plurality of lexical slots to generate an…
Systems and methods for matching a user to social data
Granted: May 3, 2022
Patent Number:
11321405
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for matching a user profile on an online platform to a user record of a network-based content publisher. A user profile from which an entry published to an online platform originated is identified. The entry includes a reference to content hosted by a network-based content publisher. The user profile is matched with a user record maintained by the network-based content…
