Data mining system
Granted: September 8, 2020
Patent Number:
10769650
A data mining system and method retrieve data related to an item from a database. A survey is generated for presentation in a game. The survey includes the retrieved item data and solicits from a user input data pertaining to the retrieved item data. The input data is received from the survey and stored in a database with the item data. The input data is transmitted to the game and incorporated into the game such that the user interacts with the input data as part of playing the game.
Omni-channel state preservation
Granted: September 8, 2020
Patent Number:
10769623
In various example embodiments, systems, methods and media for omni-channel state preservation are provided. In example embodiments, a method comprises identifying a plurality of flow chain elements in a transaction flow of a user session, causing the presentation of a first flow chain element in the transaction flow in an interface of a first user device, causing the presentation of a second flow chain element in the transaction flow in an interface of a second user device, and…
Proactive re-routing of vehicles using passive monitoring of occupant frustration level
Granted: September 8, 2020
Patent Number:
10768009
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…
Subscription churn prediction
Granted: September 1, 2020
Patent Number:
10762517
A churn prediction system includes at least one hardware processor, a memory including a historical sample set of subscriber data, and a churn prediction engine executing on the at least one hardware processor. The churn prediction engine is configured to identify the historical sample set, identify a set of attributes, automatically select a subset of attributes based on an information gain value, generate a decision tree by recursively generating nodes of the decision tree by computing…
Access control for a digital event
Granted: September 1, 2020
Patent Number:
10762446
A method for access control to a digital event is disclosed. The method may include receiving, from a first client device, a request to purchase an electronic ticket for a digital event. The method may further include sending an event identifier to the first client device. The method may also include receiving an access request to access the digital event, wherein the access request includes the event identifier and a password. The method may include identifying a second client device…
Dynamic link preview generation
Granted: August 25, 2020
Patent Number:
10754909
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…
Systems and methods for contextual recommendations
Granted: August 25, 2020
Patent Number:
10757202
A method and a system for making contextual recommendations to users on a network-based system. For example, activity associated with a user interacting with a network-based system is tracked. Based, at least in part, on the tracked user activity on the network-based system, a recommendation relationship type is selected. The recommendation relationship type can be either a substitute relationship type or a complement relationship type. A recommended object can be selected based at least…
Displaying listings based on listing activity
Granted: August 25, 2020
Patent Number:
10755325
Systems and methods for enabling a display of listings based on listing activity are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, activity information of a listing displayed among multiple listings is accessed. Whether the activity information of the listing conforms to one or more criteria is determined. A priority of the listing relative to the multiple listings is altered based on the activity information of the listing conforming to the one or more criteria. The listing is displayed among…
Integrating event-planning services into a payment system
Granted: August 25, 2020
Patent Number:
10755206
A method of managing events is disclosed. It is determined that a user is present at a particular location within an event venue. It is determined that the user has reserved the event venue for a particular time period. A selection is received from the user of a particular merchant that is committed to providing services at the event during the particular time period. The particular location within the event is associated with the particular merchant. A notification of the association of…
User device security manager
Granted: August 25, 2020
Patent Number:
10754941
Techniques for authentication and authorization of a user, an application, or a user device for access to web resources are described. For example, a machine identifies an access request to access a remote resource associated with a web service. The access request may be received from an application executing at a user device. The machine retrieves at least one user artifact from a security manager identifier received from the web service. The machine performs fingerprinting of the user…
Re-creating an internal shape of a clothing item
Granted: August 25, 2020
Patent Number:
10754316
A method and a system are provided to re-create an internal shape of a shoe using a pneumatically-powered inflatable sock. For example, a shoe last used to manufacture a shoe product based on a selected shoe identifier may be identified. A description of the dimensions of the shoe last may be accessed. The description of the dimensions of the shoe last may be expressed as a set of fills per chamber of a sock having a plurality of fillable chambers. The set of fills per chamber may be…
Guided photography and video on a mobile device
Granted: August 18, 2020
Patent Number:
10750075
In an example embodiment, an item listing process is run in an item listing application. Upon reaching a specified point in the item listing process, a camera application on the user device is triggered (or the camera directly accessed by the item listing application) to enable a user to capture images using the camera, wherein the triggering includes providing a wireframe overlay informing the user as to an angle at which to capture images from the camera.
System and method for transferring states between electronic devices
Granted: August 18, 2020
Patent Number:
10749932
In some examples, a system comprises a memory device for storing instructions and a processor which executes instructions causing the system to perform operations comprising receiving an instruction to transfer a state of a first device to a second device, and packaging information relating to the state of the first device in a file. The packaging of the information relating to the state of the first device includes recording each application executing on the first device in a list…
Location based display of pixel history
Granted: August 18, 2020
Patent Number:
10748508
A current screen is presented on a display of a user device, which includes an element distinct from a previous element of a previous screen, where the previous element occupied less than an entirety of the previous screen. The user device receives a gesture input that requests that the previous element be presented within the current screen next to a current element of the current screen. The gesture input indicates a location of the current element, wherein the location of the current…
Cross selling platform
Granted: August 18, 2020
Patent Number:
10748202
In various example embodiments, a system and method for a cross selling platform are presented. A request for a product listing triggered by a user may be received. The request for the product listing may include product information corresponding to an in-store product located at a store of a merchant. A related product listing may be identified based on the product information. Each product listing of the plurality of product listings may correspond to a merchant product. The product…
Database access using a z-curve
Granted: August 18, 2020
Patent Number:
10747783
Improved access of a multidimensional database can be implemented using a space-filling curve, such as a z-order curve, and a tree structure. A state engine is configured to track the state of the dimensions of the database as the tree structure is traversed. Different states allow optimizations such as avoidance of analyzing a dimension for further nodes of the tree and removal of multiple nodes in a sub-tree.
Mechanism for efficient storage of graph data
Granted: August 18, 2020
Patent Number:
10747741
Aspects of the present disclosure include a system comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program and computer-implemented methods for efficiently storing graph data. Consistent with some embodiments, the method includes using the graph data to construct a tree topology bitmap that represents a topology of a portion of the nodes in a tree data structure representing the graph data. The method further includes creating an archive bit array for the tree data…
Methods and systems for displaying content on multiple networked devices with a simple command
Granted: August 18, 2020
Patent Number:
10747491
A method for displaying content displayed on one or more first devices on a second device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request including a gesture made on a screen of the first device, and pairing the first device to the second device. The method further includes transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device, and…
Category-constrained querying using postal addresses
Granted: August 11, 2020
Patent Number:
10740364
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing querying of distributed systems. A system, including a plurality of subsystems each associated with one or more categories, can receive a query from a client device. The system can determine the categories associated with the query. The system can also identify a postal address associated with the query, such as by receiving the location of the client device and mapping the location to a postal address. The system can determine a category…
Item recommendations based on image feature data
Granted: August 11, 2020
Patent Number:
10740660
An apparatus and method to adjust item recommendations are disclosed herein. A first image attribute of a query image is compared to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images of a plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items similar to the query image. Item recommendations comprising the identified inventory items in a first listing order are provided for display at a remote device. A second listing order of the identified inventory items is…
