eBay Patent Grants

Global back-end taxonomy for commerce environments

Granted: July 27, 2021
Patent Number: 11074546
A method for defining, generating, and using a global back-end taxonomy is disclosed. It is identified that a listing of an item is exposed to a plurality of users of a first subsystem via a set of categories of a first front-end taxonomy. The listing of the item is mapped to a set of categories of a global back-end taxonomy, the global back-end taxonomy being maintained independently of the first front-end taxonomy and a second front-end taxonomy, the second front-end taxonomy being…

Modification of three-dimensional garments using gestures

Granted: July 27, 2021
Patent Number: 11073915
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…

Masked key hopping

Granted: July 20, 2021
Patent Number: 11070373
Methods, systems, and media for improving computer security and performance of security are disclosed. In one example, a computer security system comprises a key management monitor, and two key elements comprising a first key element and a second key element. The first key element is stored at a first location address within a computer memory and the second key element is stored at a second location address. The key management monitor is configured to determine or receive a time duration…

Lip-reading session triggering events

Granted: July 20, 2021
Patent Number: 11069357
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…

Synchronized media capturing for an interactive scene

Granted: July 13, 2021
Patent Number: 11064104
There are provided systems and methods for synchronized media capturing for an interactive scene. A user at a venue may watch an event unfold at the venue. The venue may include wireless beacons established throughout the venue. The wireless beacons may be configured to establish short range wireless communications with the user's device. Once a connection is established, the wireless beacons may instruct the user's device to capture media of an instance during the event. The wireless…

Providing informational tags within networked systems

Granted: July 13, 2021
Patent Number: 11062369
A computer-implemented system and method for providing information tagging in a networked system is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a tag engine configured to process a database of categorized product listings; to receive a user-provided tag associated with at least one of the product listings; to retain the user-provided tag; and to serve the user-provided tag to a user viewing at least one of the product listings.

Systems and methods for determining dynamic price ranges

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11055761
This disclosure provides systems and methods of determining price quantiles for associated search queries and displaying said price quantiles when one or more search queries are received. In various embodiments, a search query for an item offered for sale may be received. Search results from a plurality of offered items may be determined based on the search query. The search results may each be associated with a price. The search results may be displayed, and a selection of a search…

Complex composite tokens

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11057778
Technologies are shown for trust delegation that involve receiving a first request from a subject client and responding by sending a first token having first permissions to the subject client. A second request from a first actor includes the first token and responding involves linking the first actor to the subject client in a trust stack and sending a second token to the first actor with second permissions, the second token being a first complex token that identifies the subject client…

Leveraging a social network to search for local inventory

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11055768
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…

User authentication in hybrid online and real-world environments

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11055763
Methods, systems, and media for user authentication in hybrid online and real-world environments are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises providing a real-world environment including a display of physically retrievable items available for purchase, detecting the presence of a user device associated with a user in the real-world environment, and storing identity data received from the user device. Interest data for one of the physically retrievable items is identified based on…

Product schematics collection and projection

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11055760
A method of projecting a likeness of an item onto a surface is disclosed. A determination that a user is interested in an item is made. A schematic corresponding to the item is identified based on information about the item. The user is provided with an option to project a likeness of the item onto a surface. Based on an accepting of the option by the user, a device of the user is instructed to project the likeness of the item onto the surface based on the schematic.

Garment size mapping

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11055758
Techniques for mapping size information associated with a client to target brands, garments, sizes, shapes, and styles for which there is no standardized correlation. The size information associated with a client may be generated by modeling client garments, accessing computer aided drawing (CAD) files associated with client garments, or by analyzing a history of garment purchases associated with the client. Information for target garments may be generated in a similar fashion. A system…

Instant messaging robot to provide product information

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11055756
Methods and systems to automatically respond to a request for product information are described. In one embodiment, a data collection module may collect product data over a network, identify that the product data is related to a particular product, and store the product data and an association between the product data and the particular product in a database. An instant messaging engine may receive a request for the product data after the product data is stored in the database and an…

System and method for recognizing deformed linear barcodes from a stream of varied focus video frames

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11055505
In a system and method of recognizing a barcode from a stream of video frames, a processor-implemented camera module receives a stream of video frames, with at least one video frame including a barcode. A processor-implemented barcode blur estimate module estimates an amount of defocus blur in a video frame. The processor-implemented barcode blur estimate module further estimates an identity of the barcode. A processor-implemented barcode localization module identifies a region of the…

Free world replication protocol for key-value store

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11055313
The “free world replication protocol” makes use of client computing resources, wherein the clients are not part of the replicated key-value store, but instead reside in the “free world” outside of the dedicated resources of the nodes of the replicated key-value store. In the free world replication protocol, only a single “write” client is authorized to modify the key-value store at any time but any number of clients may be authorized to read data from the key-value store. The…

Systems and methods for in-vehicle navigated shopping

Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number: 11054276
Systems and methods to provide a navigated-shopping service are discussed. In an example, a method for navigated-shopping can include receiving a destination location, accessing a route to the destination, displaying the route with indications of a plurality of items for purchase, receiving selection of a selected item, and purchasing the selected item. The plurality of items for purchase can be within a predefined distance of at least one point along the route. The selection of the…

Online pluggable 3D platform for 3D representations of items

Granted: June 29, 2021
Patent Number: 11048374
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…

Smart shelves

Granted: June 29, 2021
Patent Number: 11049068
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…

Product image generation system

Granted: June 29, 2021
Patent Number: 11048963
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…

User interface for controlling data navigation

Granted: June 29, 2021
Patent Number: 11048394
Systems and methods for navigation control for mobile devices are provided. In example embodiments, a navigation system causes presentation of a navigation icon at a user interface. Navigation between a plurality of pages at the user interface is initiated with a single tap and hold action. In response to a drag motion, following the single tap and hold action without releasing the hold action, information display at the user interface is adjusted, thereby enabling navigating between…