eBay Patent Grants

Generating keywords by associative context with input words

Granted: January 4, 2022
Patent Number: 11216844
Systems and methods are provided for accessing a plurality of inventory item listings accessible over a network, wherein each of the plurality of inventory item listings includes one or more text strings, and creating inventory word vectors for at least some of the text strings of the plurality of inventory item listings. The systems and methods further provide for receiving a user input including an input word, wherein the user input is input by a user to access a primary media content,…

Search system for providing query result items based on highest skip probabilities of item title tokens

Granted: January 4, 2022
Patent Number: 11216515
Various methods and systems for providing query result items using an item title demand model are provided. A query is received at a search engine. Based on receiving the query, an item title demand engine is accessed. The item title demand engine operates based on an item title demand model which uses token weights, representing skip probabilities of tokens in item titles, to determine title scores for result item titles for corresponding queries. Based on accessing the item title…

Managing database offsets with time series

Granted: January 4, 2022
Patent Number: 11216466
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…

Next generation near real-time indexing

Granted: January 4, 2022
Patent Number: 11216430
Methods and systems to build and utilize a search infrastructure are described. The system generates, by a first indexing subsystem, full indexes of data and sends the full indexes to a plurality of query node servers via a distribution system. The system generates, mini-indexes associated with the full indexes and sends the mini-indexes to the plurality of query node servers. The system causes the plurality of query nodes to update indexing information based on the full indexes and the…

Data mesh based environmental augmentation

Granted: December 28, 2021
Patent Number: 11210723
In various example embodiments, a system and method for data mesh-based environmental augmentation are presented. Attribute data associated with a user may be received from a plurality of attribute sources. A portion of the attribute data. may include real-time data. A portion of the real-time data indicative of an identity of the user may be identified. The identity of the user may be authenticated with respect to the real-time data by analyzing the identified portion of the real-time…

Predicting a status of a transaction

Granted: December 28, 2021
Patent Number: 11210716
Methods, systems, and apparatus for predicting a status of a transaction are described. Feature data related to one or more transactions is collected and a subset of features is selected for use in predicting the status of the transaction. A model is trained using the collected feature data that corresponds to the selected features, and the model is applied to feature data of a selected transaction to generate a probability of the selected transaction attaining one or more defined…

Systems and methods for delivering dynamic offers to incent user behavior

Granted: December 28, 2021
Patent Number: 11210692
Systems and methods to deliver dynamic context sensitive offers to intent user behavior are discussed. For example, a method to deliver a dynamic context sensitive oar can include operations for generating a dynamic offer, delivering the dynamic offer, receiving data associated with a user, updating a context input with data associated with the user, and adjusting the value of the dynamic offer. Generating the dynamic offer includes associating a rule for manipulating the value of the…

Integration of 3D models

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11205299
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,…

Comprehensive search engine scoring and modeling of user relevance

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11204972
A query for one or more resources is received. One or more tokens associated with the query is identified based on running the query through a learning model. The one or more tokens correspond to one or more terms that the query shares context similarity to based on a history of user selections. One or more search result candidates are scored based at least on the context similarity between the one or more tokens and the query.

Systems and methods of token piggybacking

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11201938
A method, system, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating a unified user profile. For example, a system may store, on a client device, a token under a first domain name. The token may specify state data for a communication session between the client device and a first content publisher addressed by the first domain name. The communication session utilizes a stateless communication protocol. The system may then generate a redirection resource locator. The redirection…

Efficient rendering of 3D models using model placement metadata

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11200617
Model placement metadata is defined and stored for a three-dimensional (“3D”) model. The model placement metadata specifies constraints on the presentation of the 3D model when rendered in a view of a real-world environment, such as a view of a real-world environment generated by wearable computing device like an augmented reality (“AR”) or virtual reality (“VR”) device. A wearable computing device can analyze the geometry of a real-world environment to determine a…

Computer vision for unsuccessful queries and iterative search

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11200611
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…

Method and apparatus for social network qualification systems

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11200584
There is provided a method and system for qualification testing in a social network service. Qualification testing provides access control into a social network, wherein qualification is based on answers to questions related to a topic. In one example, members admitted to the network provide guidance, notes and research assistance to another member. The social network members access the social network from an external networked computing service, such as another social network, to…

Multi-currency cart and checkout

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11200567
Example embodiments provide a multi-currency cart and checkout. In example embodiments, a currency accepted and a payment option for each item in a multi-currency cart is identified. A plurality of currency groups is generated based on the currency and payment options, whereby each currency group comprises one or more items having a same payment option and accepting a same currency. A multi-currency checkout user interface (UI) is presented on a client device that presents the plurality…

Parallel prediction of multiple image aspects

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11200273
Example embodiments that analyze images to characterize aspects of the images rely on a same neural network to characterize multiple aspects in parallel. Because additional neural networks are not required for additional aspects, such an approach scales with increased aspects.

Method, medium, and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative

Granted: December 7, 2021
Patent Number: 11195209
A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.

Detecting selection of disabled inner links within nested content

Granted: December 7, 2021
Patent Number: 11194880
Detecting selection of disabled inner links within nested content techniques are described herein. In one or more implementations, a document comprising nested content is displayed on a display of a computing device. The nested content is obtained from a third-party source and includes one or more disabled inner links to respective target portions within the nested content. A disabled link service monitors an address associated with the third-party source of the nested content to detect…

Content extraction system

Granted: December 7, 2021
Patent Number: 11194453
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…

Resource trust model for securing component state data for a resource using blockchains

Granted: November 30, 2021
Patent Number: 11188384
Technologies are shown for storing component state data for a resource on a blockchain involving generating a resource data block that corresponds to a resource that includes links that correspond to components of the resource, generating a first component state data block for a component of the resource on a blockchain that includes first state data for the first component, and setting the link for the component to reference the first component state data block. Subsequently, a second…

Diversifying search results

Granted: November 30, 2021
Patent Number: 11188601
Disclosed is a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating search results. A data access module accesses search results data indicative of a plurality items and that is indicative of ranking values of the plurality of items. A controller module generates page data based on the search results data. The controller module selects a first item from the plurality of items. A diversification module accesses…