Efficient rendering of 3D models using model placement metadata
Granted: January 12, 2021
Patent Number:
10891685
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…
Application inspector
Granted: January 12, 2021
Patent Number:
10891045
An application is installed on a device that includes a user interface comprising multiple elements organized in a hierarchy. The application communicates with an inspector tool that accesses the hierarchy. The inspector tool may be integrated into the application or separate from the application. During execution of the application, the inspector identifies an element in the hierarchy and presents information regarding the element. For example, a display region corresponding to the…
Synchronizing augmented or virtual reality (AR/VR) applications with companion device interfaces
Granted: January 12, 2021
Patent Number:
10890992
An augmented reality or virtual reality (AR/VR) device pairs with a companion device to augment input interfaces associated with an AR/VR application at the AR/VR device. In implementations, an AR/VR device determines a portion of a markup file that corresponds to an AR/VR scene of a plurality of AR/VR scenes in an AR/VR environment, and communicates the portion of the markup file to the companion device to cause the companion device to configure a companion user interface associated…
Display orientation adjustment using facial landmark information
Granted: January 12, 2021
Patent Number:
10890965
Systems and methods disclosed herein may operate to adjust display orientation of a user device based on facial landmark information. In various embodiments, information identifying and describing a facial landmark of a user may be received via a user device corresponding to the user. Head orientation of the user may be determined based at least in part on the information identifying and describing the facial landmark. A display unit of the user device may be automatically signaled to…
System and method for pool-based identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials
Granted: January 5, 2021
Patent Number:
10887298
A computer-implemented system and method for pool-based identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment includes providing provisioning information for storage in a provisioning repository; receiving a service request from a service consumer, the service request including requestor identifying information; generating an authentication request to send to an authentication authority, the authentication request…
Mobile device self-identification system
Granted: January 5, 2021
Patent Number:
10885767
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. For the, a predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query may be emitted, using a speaker of the mobile device.
Generating personalized banner images using machine learning
Granted: January 5, 2021
Patent Number:
10885558
A machine is configured to generate in real time personalized online banner images for users based on data pertaining to user behavior in relation to an image of a product. For example, the machine receives a user selection indicating one or more data features associated with the user. The one or more data features include a data feature pertaining to user behavior in relation to an image of a product. The machine generates, using a machine learning algorithm, a data representation of…
Garnering interest on potential listing in a photo or video
Granted: January 5, 2021
Patent Number:
10885536
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…
Fine-grained categorization
Granted: January 5, 2021
Patent Number:
10885394
An image is passed through an image identifier to identify a coarse category for the image and a bounding box for a categorized object. A mask is used to identify the portion of the image that represents the object. Given the foreground mask, the convex hull of the mask is located and an aligned rectangle of minimum area that encloses the hull is fitted. The aligned bounding box is rotated and scaled, so that the foreground object is roughly moved to a standard orientation and size…
Source image providing multiple item views
Granted: December 29, 2020
Patent Number:
10878538
According to example embodiments, an Image View Aggregator identifies a frontal view of an item within an image. The Image View Aggregator identifies at least one reflection view of the item within the image. Each reflection view of the item having been captured off a corresponding reflective physical surface. The Image View Aggregator extracts the frontal view of the item and each reflection view of the item from the image. The Image View Aggregator generates a representation of the…
Augmented reality system and method for visualizing an item
Granted: December 29, 2020
Patent Number:
10878489
In a system and method for searching, browsing, and visualizing items, a first image containing an item is received to be stored in an account associated with a user. The first image is processed using a processor to extract an image of the item from the first image. The image of the item is layered over a stream of video frames received from the client device to form a superimposed image. The superimposed image is caused to be displayed on the client device.
Fashion preference analysis
Granted: December 29, 2020
Patent Number:
10878481
A machine is configured to determine fashion preferences of users and to provide item recommendations based on the fashion preferences. For example, the machine accesses an indication of a fashion style of a user. The fashion style is determined based on automatically captured data pertaining to the user. The machine identifies, based on the fashion style, one or more fashion items from an inventory of fashion items. The machine generates one or more selectable user interface elements…
Specialized computer modules for enhancing user interfaces with item seasonality indicators
Granted: December 29, 2020
Patent Number:
10878434
A method of enhancing a user interface of a network-based publication system based on seasonality scores associated with items featured in listings posted on the network-based publication system is disclosed. Seasonality data is generated for each of the items. The generating of the seasonality data includes identifying a season corresponding to transaction data pertaining to each of the items and storing the seasonality data in conjunction with the transaction data in a database. The…
Detecting selection of disabled inner links within nested content
Granted: December 29, 2020
Patent Number:
10878053
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…
Context identification for content generation
Granted: December 29, 2020
Patent Number:
10878043
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for identifying data representations across multiple network assets and generating content responsive to the representations. A method includes receiving a set of queries comprising a first set of keywords and identifying a set of results within a first database where the set of results includes a set of publications with an identification and a title. The method generates an association between the first set of keywords and the…
Building containers of uncategorized items
Granted: December 22, 2020
Patent Number:
10872364
Methods and systems to build containers of uncategorized items are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems collect information from titles of items available for purchase within a network-based publication system, generate a title for a container of uncategorized items available for purchase within the network-based publication system that is based on the collected information, and associate two or more uncategorized items available for purchase within the…
Body measurement garment for optimal garment fit
Granted: December 22, 2020
Patent Number:
10869515
A system comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for collecting body measurements of a human user using a body measurement garment is provided. The body measurement garment comprises a plurality of sensors configured to produce a set of output data. The method may include receiving the set of output data from the body measurement garment and determining a plurality of body measurements from the output data. The method…
Methods, systems and apparatus for power monitoring
Granted: December 15, 2020
Patent Number:
10866268
Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring an electrically powered element are described. A set of power usage measurements are received for a set of elements from a hardware-based power measurement device separate from the set of elements, the set of power usage measurements resulting from usage of the set of elements by a set of users. A behavior of the set of users is determined based at least in part on the set of power usage measurements. Based on the behavior of the set of…
Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics
Granted: December 15, 2020
Patent Number:
10867346
Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for sale on a network-based marketplace and analyzes the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the…
Public transport infrastructure facilitated drone delivery
Granted: December 15, 2020
Patent Number:
10867277
Systems and methods for public transport infrastructure facilitated drone delivery are provided. In example embodiments, a request to deliver a package to a drop-off destination using a drone is received. Public infrastructure information is accessed. A public infrastructure terminal from which the drone delivers the package is identified based on the public infrastructure information. An instruction is communicated to transport the package to the identified public. A drone delivery…
