Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080208714 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOCIAL SHOPPING ON A NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE - Methods and systems are provided for social shopping on a network-based marketplace. Specifically, the method receives a request, over a network, from a user in a community of users. The request is for an activity associated with a listing for sale in a network-based marketplace. The network-based marketplace is used by the community of users to transact listings of a single domain that is of interest to the community of users. The method updates a listing reputation score for the listing based on a user reputation score for the user. Finally, the method updates the user reputation score based on the listing reputation score. | 08-28-2008 |
20080221987 | System and method for contextual advertisement and merchandizing based on an automatically generated user demographic profile - A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation based on user demographic profile are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a category extraction service to associate product or service category information in an item group related to a host site, and a user demographic profile generator to obtain user interaction information related to a host site, to generate a user demographic profile for each item group, and to identify at least one other item group to which a particular user demographic profile relates. | 09-11-2008 |
20080256040 | VISUALIZATION OF REPUTATION RATINGS - In one embodiment, a system and method is illustrated including receiving a feedback request identifying a particular user, retrieving a feedback entry in response to the feedback request, the feedback entry containing a first term, building a scoring model based, in part, upon a term frequency count denoting a frequency with which the first term appears in a searchable data structure, mapping the first term to a graphical illustration based upon a second term associated with the graphical illustration such that the graphical illustration may be used to represent the second term, and generating a feedback page containing the first term and the graphical illustration. The method may include assigning a value to the first term so as to identify the first term, assigning the first term to the searchable data structure, and extracting the first term from the searchable data structure based, in part, upon an extraction rule. | 10-16-2008 |
20090006179 | Economic optimization for product search relevancy - In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page. | 01-01-2009 |
20090012991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TAGGING IN A NETWORKED SYSTEM - 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. | 01-08-2009 |
20090070130 | REPUTATION SCORING - In one example embodiment, a system and method is shown that includes receiving a feedback score relating to a transaction engaged in by a user. The system and method also includes applying a weight to the feedback score based on weighting criteria to create a weighted feedback score. Further, generating a reputation score for the user based on the weighted feedback score may also be implemented. In an additional example embodiment, the system and method includes identifying a reputation score relating at least one neighbor of a user, the at least one neighbor of the user including another user with whom the user has engaged in a transaction. Further, the system and method includes ordering the reputation score relating to at least one neighbor of the user to create an ordered reputation score. Moreover, the system and method includes displaying the ordered reputation score. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070299 | INFERENCE OF QUERY RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON RETRIEVED ATTRIBUTES - Various example embodiments are provided for inferring relationships between queries. In an example, queries are related based on the identification of common terms between the queries. Another example is to relate queries based on the identification that the queries are associated with a single search session. Yet another example is to infer relationships based on the identification of relationships between item attributes retrieved from the submission of the queries. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070323 | INFERENCE OF QUERY RELATIONSHIPS - Various example embodiments are provided for inferring relationships between queries. In an example, queries are related based on the identification of common terms between the queries. Another example is to relate queries based on the identification that the queries are associated with a single search session. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070460 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - Methods and system for social network analysis are described. In one embodiment, a strongly connected component value, an in-component value, an out-component value, a disconnected component value, a tendril value, and a tube value of a social network for a time period may be accessed. A social strength of the social network for the time period may be calculated by combining the strongly connected component value, the in-component value, the out-component value, the disconnected component value, the tendril value, and the tube value. The social strength of the social network for the time period may be utilized for analysis of the social network. The strongly connected component value may have a greatest weight and the disconnected component value may have the lowest weight in the combining. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070679 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - Methods and system for social network analysis are described. In one embodiment, user interaction data of a time period for a plurality of users in a social network may be accessed. Network analysis may be performed on the user interaction data. A necktie-shaped graph may be generated from the user interaction data in accordance with the performing of the network analysis. The necktie-shaped graph may be utilized for analysis of the social network. | 03-12-2009 |
20090115785 | USER INTERFACE FRAMEWORK FOR VIEWING LARGE SCALE GRAPHS ON THE WEB - Various embodiments provide a computer-implemented system and method providing a user interface framework for viewing large scale graphs. An example embodiment includes obtaining graph data including information related to a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes corresponding to top search queries; assigning an absolute position in a graph for each of the nodes of the plurality of nodes; constructing a plurality of sub-graphs related to one or more of the plurality of nodes, the sub-graphs corresponding to search result clusters related to the top search queries corresponding to the one or more of the plurality of nodes; rendering the graph and generating a plurality of tiles representing sub-graph images of the plurality of sub-graphs at each of a plurality of zoom levels; and displaying a sub-graph image corresponding to a selected position and zoom level. | 05-07-2009 |
20090119248 | SEARCH BASED ON DIVERSITY - An example method of expanding a search is provided. In this example, a query used in the search is initially accessed. Other queries associated with the accessed query are identified, and these other queries include query terms. A diversity of the query terms is measured and the accessed query may be expanded with the query terms based on the measured diversity. Another example method is also provided for expanding a search. In this alternate example, a result set resulting from the search is accessed and a diversity of the result set is measured. The query used in the search may then be expanded based on this measured diversity. | 05-07-2009 |
20090119285 | QUERY UTILIZATION - Methods and system for query utilization are described. A rate of a plurality of queries to a data source may be determined for a plurality of time periods. The plurality of queries may be associated with a term. A cost may be associated with a normal-to-deviated query state transition and a deviated-to-normal query state transition. A normal query state or a deviated query state may be assigned to a particular query on a particular time period of the plurality of time periods based on the rate of queries for the particular time period and the cost of the normal-to-deviated query state transition and the deviated-to-normal query state transition. A query burst may be identified during the plurality of time periods based on assignment of the normal query state or the deviated query state to the plurality of queries. The query burst may have the normal query state, the normal-to-deviated query state transition, and the deviated query state during a time period. | 05-07-2009 |
20090144259 | USING REPUTATION MEASURES TO IMPROVE SEARCH RELEVANCE - A system and method for determining relevancy for dynamic data sets is disclosed. A specific embodiment for use in an internet marketplace is presented wherein the relevancy for a descriptive factor associated with an item is increased when a user selects that item. To prevent abuse of the relevancy determination system, various embodiments incorporate abuse prevention measures. In one embodiment, a user's selection of the user's own items does not affect the relevancy system. In one embodiment, only a first selection of a particular item by a user will affect the relevancy system and any additional selections of that item will have no effect. In another embodiment, the size of the changes made due to the selections of particular user to the relevancy system are correlated to that user's reputation score. | 06-04-2009 |
20090148052 | Image Categorization Based on Comparisons Between Images - In an example embodiment, a method is provided for image categorization. Here, images are displayed. In turn, a user input that describes a characteristic shared between the images from a comparison between the images is received. The user input may then be classified into categorization data. | 06-11-2009 |
20090164265 | AUCTION PROFIT OPTIMIZATION - In one example embodiment, a system and method is shown that includes receiving a selected feature wherein the selected feature includes a feature to be included on a webpage. Further, the system and method includes retrieving coefficient data to be used in determining a profit value generated by including the selected feature on the webpage. Additionally, the system and method includes transmitting optimized suggestion data that includes the profit value generated by including the selected feature on the webpage. | 06-25-2009 |
20090182642 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO RECOMMEND AN ITEM - Methods and Systems system for recommending an item. The system comprises at least one machine including a receiving module and a recommending module. The receiving module receives an event for an activity related to a first item. Next, the recommending module analyzes recommendation information to identify a first measure of association between the first item and a second item. The recommending module further analyzes recommendation information to identify a second measure of association between the second item and a third item. Finally, the recommendation module communicates a recommendation of the third item responsive to receipt of the event for the activity related to the first item. | 07-16-2009 |
20090204582 | NAVIGATION FOR LARGE SCALE GRAPHS - In one example embodiment, a method is illustrated as retrieving a plurality of search queries and defining relationships between search queries in the plurality of search queries based on semantic data associated with the search queries. A visual representation of the of the plurality of search queries may be generated and the visual representation may be partitioned into a plurality of tiles, each title representing a predefined portion of the visual representation. | 08-13-2009 |
20090240735 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION SERVICES - A system to provide image processing services responsive to requests including image data includes a system layer that forwards a request to an image application processing interface. Image processing provides an image comparison, barcode recognition, and optical character recognition. The image processing compares the image data to products in a database in order to identify a matching product. The system layer receives the matching information and forwards to a user. | 09-24-2009 |
20090254536 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SEARCH REQUESTS - Methods and system for processing search requests are described. In one embodiment, a term of a search request may be received. A determination of whether the term is a meta-keyword may be made. One or more linguistically transformed keywords associated with the meta-keyword may be obtained. A search may be run on at least one of the one or more linguistically transformed keywords to obtain a result of the search. | 10-08-2009 |
20090287691 | PRESENTATION OF QUERY WITH EVENT-RELATED INFORMATION - In an embodiment, a method is provided for presenting a query directed at an information resource. In this method, a number of queries is accessed over a time period. A burst of the number of queries is detected within the time period. It should be noted that a burst is a determinable increase in the number of queries received within the time period relative to a historical number of queries received in a preceding time interval. Event-related information that is associated with the burst in the time is searched, and the query in conjunction with the event-related information is displayed at a display unit. | 11-19-2009 |
20090292584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT AND COMMUNITY BASED CUSTOMIZATION FOR A USER EXPERIENCE - A system and method for context and community based customization for a user experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a user experience customizer to gather context information, automatically produce user experience customization selections based on the context information, collect user activity feedback from a community of users, and use the user activity feedback to adjust the user experience customizer to automatically produce user experience customization selections likely favored by a user based on a correlation of the user activity feedback with the context information. | 11-26-2009 |
20090307100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNITY AIDED RESEARCH AND SHOPPING - A system and method for providing product research help to a consumer doing internet shopping. A consumer helper application for internet commerce has been designed to integrate the techniques that are currently used by many internet consumers into a single application program. For example, the consumer helper application allows a user to take notes, store web site links, store web site annotations, obtain collaborative input, and perform other tasks commonly used by web site consumers. The consumer helper application stores all of the information gathered in a single place. Information provided by other consumers may be shared using the consumer helper application. The consumer helper application will suggest specific items for a consumer to purchase based up on the information gathered by the consumer into the consumer helper application. | 12-10-2009 |
20090313228 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLUSTERING - Methods and a system for search engine index clustering are described. In an embodiment, a search is performed based on a search query received from a client machine to obtain a list of items. Clusters and their descriptions are retrieved from a cluster index, and the search query is associated with one of the cluster descriptions. An item database is queried with the associated cluster description to identify item sets among the clusters, and a response to the search query is provided to the client machine based on the identified item sets. | 12-17-2009 |
20090319511 | DESIRABILITY VALUE USING SALE FORMAT RELATED FACTORS - Some example embodiments illustrate a system and method to sort a search result using sale format information. The system and method include providing a desirability index including multiple desirability values. Each desirability value may be associated with a keyword and indicate an accumulative frequency of the keyword being in an item listing selected throughout multiple user transactions. The system and method include identifying a search result including item listings in response to a query from a user device. The system and method include accessing, for each item listing, the desirability index and getting a desirability value for each keyword included in the item listing. The system and method include calculating a relevancy value using the desirability values for the keywords of a given item listing. The system and method further include sorting the item listings according their relevancy values and returning the sorted item listings to the user device. | 12-24-2009 |
20100005424 | VIRTUAL WORLD SYSTEM SUPPORTING A CONSUMER EXPERIENCE - A system and method for creating a virtual world for supporting a consumer experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes providing access to a database of item listing categories, each item listing category in the database having an associated link to a source for physical items corresponding to the item listing category; generating an image of a virtual store in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment; populating the virtual store with at least one first object representing an item listing category; receiving a signal indicative of user interaction with the at least one first object; and using the associated link to re-direct the user to the source for physical items corresponding to the item listing category represented by the at least one first object with which the user interacted. | 01-07-2010 |
20100042511 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOCIAL NETWORK QUALIFICATION SYSTEMS - 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 facilitate easy connection to potential members. The social network may be implemented as an application overlay to the external service, or may access connections in the external network. | 02-18-2010 |
20100082354 | USER DEFINITION AND IDENTIFICATION - Methods and system for user definition and identification are described. In one embodiment, a user selection criterion for an application associated with a target service provider may be accessed. User relationship information of a source user within a source service provider may be accessed. The user relationship information may define a relationship between the source user and a plurality of users of the source service provider. One or more target users of the plurality of users may be identified for the application based on the accessing of the user relationship information and the user selection criterion. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082410 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - Methods, apparatus, and systems to determine a niche market of items or services, the first phase of which identifies a gap between demand and supply for a set of items. Session logs may be evaluated to compare transactions involving a specific item to those of a larger group of items. The resultant information identifies areas of high demand, but with low availability. The niche market information may be provided as direct merchandising items for sellers. In one example, the method generates niche market item web pages in specific categories. Additional methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082592 | MAPPING ITEM RECORDS TO PRODUCT RECORDS - An item record in an item database contains an item description generated by a seller of an item. A server machine is configured to access the item database, analyze the item description, and extract descriptive information by inferring an attribute and a corresponding attribute value from the item description. The attribute and its attribute value constitute an attribute-value pair. The server machine uses the attribute-value pair to map the item record to a product record stored in a product database. The mapping of the item record to the product record is based on comparing the attribute-value pair of the item record to a reference attribute-value pair in the product record to identify the product record. The mapping is performed upon detection of a match between the attribute-value pairs. | 04-01-2010 |
20100211514 | COLLABORATIVE CONTENT EVALUATION - In an example embodiment, a system for determining respective reputation values for a users of a network-based community is provided. The respective reputation values may be based on a user attribute associated with the user. The system may comprise a processor-implemented reputation component configured to determine respective reputation values for one or more users of a network-based community. Additionally included is a processor-implemented reporting component configured to receive a communication from the user identifying content as objectionable within the network-based community. The system also includes a processor-implemented evaluation component configured to evaluate the identified content based on the respective reputation values of the user to determine an action to take with respect to the content. Additionally included is a processor-implemented validation component configured to remove identified content from publication based on the respective reputation values transgressing a threshold value. | 08-19-2010 |
20100228762 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE QUERY LINGUISTIC SERVICE - In various example embodiments, a system and method to provide query linguistic service is provided. An initial query term set is received. Phrase recognition is performed on the initial query term set to determine recognized phrases. Using the determined recognized phrases, one or more synonyms for each of the recognized phrases are determined. Results matching the initial query term set and any selected synonyms from the determined one or more synonyms are determined. | 09-09-2010 |
20100274787 | SUMMARIZATION OF SHORT COMMENTS - A method and a system for summarization of short comments are provided. The system comprises a memory to store a comments collection. The comments collection stores a plurality of comments for later access. The comments respectively include an overall rating and at least one phrase. The system also includes one or more processors to implement an aspect module to identify a first head term and a second head term based on a first portion of the comments and to map the first head term and the second head term into an aspect cluster. The one or more processor also implement a rating module to predict an aspect rating corresponding to the aspect cluster based on the respective overall ratings of the portion of the comments. | 10-28-2010 |
20100281029 | RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON BRANDING - A method and a system for providing recommendations based on branding are disclosed. For example, a brand preference corresponding to a first brand and a first category may be identified based on user activity. A recommendation is provided to the user based on the brand preference. The recommendation may be provided based on a predetermined brand relationship comprising the first brand associated with the first category, a second brand associated with a second category, and a recommendation score between the first and second categories and brands. The recommendation may provided by accessing a relationships database to determine at least one brand relationship of the brand relationships corresponding to the brand preference. | 11-04-2010 |
20100306286 | DISTRIBUTED STEAM PROCESSING - A method and system for forming hybrid cluster to process log files are described. In example embodiments, a method configures a node to execute as a first slave node. The first slave node executes in a first operating environment. The method also adds the first slave node to a Hadoop cluster. The Hadoop cluster includes a second slave node that operates in a second and different operating environment. | 12-02-2010 |
20110071953 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - Methods and system for social commerce network analysis are described. In one embodiment, a strongly connected component value, an in-component value, an out-component value, a disconnected component value, a tendril value, and a tube value of a social network for a time period may be accessed. A social strength of the social network for the time period may be calculated by combining the strongly connected component value, the in-component value, the out-component value, the disconnected component value, the tendril value, and the tube value. The social strength of the social network for the time period may be utilized for analysis of the social network. The strongly connected component value may have a greatest weight and the disconnected component value may have the lowest weight in the combining. | 03-24-2011 |
20110078047 | CATALOG GENERATION BASED ON DIVERGENT LISTINGS - A method and a system are described for catalog generation based on divergent listings. For example, a listing module may receive a divergent listing and collect data corresponding to an item in the listing. Each divergent listing of an item for sale is divergent with respect to other listings of the same item for sale. A calculation module may calculate an entropy value based on the collected data, the entropy value indicating a degree of difference between the item in the listing and a product in a catalog. A catalog module may associate the listing to the product in the catalog based on the entropy value. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078167 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOPIC EXTRACTION AND OPINION MINING - Methods, apparatus, and systems to determine a niche market of items or services, the first phase of which identifies a gap between demand and supply for a set of items. Session logs may be evaluated to compare transactions involving a specific item to those of a larger group of items. The resultant information identifies areas of high demand, but with low availability. The niche market information may be provided as direct merchandising items for sellers. In one example, the method generates niche market item web pages in specific categories. Additional methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. | 03-31-2011 |
20110106729 | ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION FOR PRODUCT SEARCH RELEVANCY - In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page. | 05-05-2011 |
20110145252 | SHOPPING CONTEXT ENGINE - A system receives context data associated with a context and a user. The system then associates the context data to a user identifier and retrieves data associated with the context. The system then filters the data according to the context data to create result data. In another embodiment, the system also receives context data from a plurality of users, where the context data pertains to one or more attributes of a context. The system then using the context data ranks the one or more attributes of the context to create ranked data and generates a user interface based on the ranked data. In yet another embodiment, the system communicates context data associated with a context and a user to a server, and receives result data created by the server filtering data retrieved based on the context data. The system then generates a user interface based on the result data. | 06-16-2011 |
20110161191 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - Methods and system for social commerce network analysis are described. In one embodiment, user interaction data associated with users for a time period in a social commerce network is accessed and a network analysis is performed. Users within the social commerce network may be selected where each of the users is associated with reputation information. A motif for the users for the time period based on the network analysis may be generated. A node of the motif is associated with a particular user, and the motif defines an expected relationship between the users in the social commerce network. The node is distinguished based on the reputation information of the user. The motif may be used with a plurality of distinguished nodes for analysis of the social commerce network. | 06-30-2011 |
20110213802 | PARALLEL DATA STREAM PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method and a system process a stream of data in parallel across a plurality of nodes. The log processing system has a log module, a query language module, and a query processing module. The log module receives and organizes the stream of data into a sequential and nested data structure. The query language operator module defines operators that operate on the sequential and nested data structure. The query processing module processes in parallel across a plurality of nodes a query based on an operator on the stream of data. | 09-01-2011 |
20110213839 | COLLABORATIVE CONTENT EVALUATION - In an example embodiment, a system for evaluating published content is provided. The system includes at least one processor and a plurality of components including instructions executable by the at least one processor. The components include a reputations component to determine a reputation value for each of a plurality of users of a network-based community. A reporting component is to receive a communication from one of the plurality of users, the communication identifying content accessible within the network-based community as objectionable. An evaluation component is to evaluate the identified content based on the reputation value of the one of the plurality of users to determine an action to take with respect to the identified content. A validation component is to take the action with respect to the identified content based on the evaluation of the identified content. | 09-01-2011 |
20110231439 | QUERY UTILIZATION USING QUERY BURST CLASSIFICATION - Query utilization in which a rate of a plurality of queries to a data source may be determined for a plurality of time periods. A cost may be associated with a query state transition. A query state may be assigned to a particular query on a particular time period of the plurality of time periods based on the rate of queries for the particular time period and the cost of the query state transition. A query burst may be identified during the plurality of time periods based on assignment of a query state to the plurality of queries. The query may exhibit a normal query state, a normal-to-deviated query state transition, and a deviated query state. A query burst identification module may identify a query burst during the plurality of time periods, a burst conversion module may convert the query burst to a wavelet using a wavelet transform, a clustering module may apply a clustering technique to the wavelet, and a query classification module may classify the query burst based on applying the clustering technique. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238455 | ANALYZING MARKETPLACE LISTING STRATEGIES - A method and system analyze marketplace listing strategies. In some embodiments, the method accesses data associated with multiple marketplace listings. Each marketplace listing is associated with a product category. A state-action model, associated with the product category, is created based on the data associated with the multiple marketplace listings. The state-action model is then analyzed to identify a marketplace listing strategy associated with the product category. | 09-29-2011 |
20110238665 | CATEGORY MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS - A method and system analyze data associated with a marketplace category. In some embodiments, a query is received that identifies a marketplace category from multiple marketplace categories associated with an electronic commerce marketplace. Data associated with the marketplace category is accessed and analyzed to identify multiple keywords used to identify listings in the marketplace category. A user interface is generated to display the analysis results, including at least a portion of the multiple keywords used to identify listings in the marketplace category. | 09-29-2011 |
20110264561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LISTING ASSISTANCE - In various example embodiments, a system and method for providing listing assistance to a user is provided. In example embodiments, a selection of a category is received from a device of the user. A plurality of publications that match the selection of the category is retrieved. Statistic data is generated using information from the plurality of publications. The statistic data is provided to the device of the user for display on a user interface. | 10-27-2011 |
20110295720 | PERSONALIZED SEARCH WIDGETS FOR CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE - A set of personalized search widgets for providing a customized user interface are provided. Among the personalized search widgets include a related searches menu to depict related search terms according to popularity and type. A query builder for explicitly including or excluding particular terms from the query may be provided. The search widgets may further include a history of past searches received from a user, a selection of categories to be searched, and one or more category suggestions. Some widgets associated with sellers allow a user to filter results according to a trusted seller status of the seller or the identity of the seller, and provide to the user a tag cloud including feedback about the seller. The results of a search may be presented in a spreadsheet style format. | 12-01-2011 |
20110313959 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LISTING CATEGORIZATION - Embodiments of a method and system for listing categorization are disclosed. A category structure may be accessed. The category structure may include a plurality of categories for items. A set of training data may be accessed from a plurality of listings from at least one of supply data and/or demand data. The supply data may be generated from seller activity of a plurality of users in a networked system. The demand data may be generated from buyer activity of the plurality of users in the networked system. Each listing may include a category from the category structure. The set of training data may be provided to a categorization application for training. The categorization application may be capable of building listing statistics by applying a classifier to the set of training data and recommending a category from the category structure for a new listing by utilizing the listing statistics. | 12-22-2011 |
20110320019 | DATA MINING SYSTEM - 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. | 12-29-2011 |
20120036123 | QUERY SUGGESTION FOR E-COMMERCE SITES - Methods, articles of manufacture and a system for providing query suggestions using a query log that includes a number of user sessions. The sessions comprise training data including a sequence of a plurality of sets of queries, some of the sets of queries including query transitions followed by a purchase related event. The query log is cleaned and normalized. From the cleaned and normalized query log stationary scores and transition scores of at least some of the plurality of sets is generated. A set of query suggestions is built and similarity scores are computed for at least some of the set of query suggestions to determine whether individual ones of the at least some of the set of query suggestions meet a predetermined assurance level. Those that meet the level are included as elements of the set of query suggestions that meet the predetermined assurance level. The set of query suggestions are mixed and ranked in accordance with a user behavior sought to be optimized. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036256 | SESSION ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method and system analyze session data. In some embodiments, the method accesses session data, identifies multiple sessions contained in the session data, and identifies multiple events that occurred within each of the multiple sessions. The method determines a temporal relationship between the multiple events in each session and analyzes the multiple sessions to aggregate events associated with the multiple sessions. The method then generates a graphical representation of the aggregated events. | 02-09-2012 |
20120041831 | CATALOG GENERATION BASED ON DIVERGENT LISTINGS - A method and a system are described for catalog generation based on divergent listings. For example, a listing module may receive a divergent listing and collect data corresponding to an item in the listing. Each divergent listing of an item for sale is divergent with respect to other listings of the same item for sale. A calculation module may calculate an entropy value based on the collected data, the entropy value indicating a degree of difference between the item in the listing and a product in a catalog. A catalog module may associate the listing to the product in the catalog based on the entropy value. | 02-16-2012 |
20120060099 | CONFIGURABLE INTERFACES - Embodiments of a method and system for utilizing a configurable interface are disclosed. User information for a first user is accessed. The user information is reviewed to determine whether the user information includes a preselected configurable interface. The preselected configurable interface is provided based on the user information including the preselected configurable interface. Alternatively, based on the user information not including the preselected configurable interface, a configurable interface based on a user selection of the configurable interface from a plurality of available configurable interfaces is configured. | 03-08-2012 |
20120110017 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING SEARCH REQUESTS IN A PLURALITY OF TABS - Systems and methods for providing search results in a plurality of tabs are described. In one example embodiment, a search term is received. In response, one or more keywords associated with the search term are obtained. Next, respective searches using respective keywords of the one or more keywords are performed to obtain respective results. The results are presented to a client machine for presentation. The presentation comprises a plurality of tabbed pages where each tabbed page of the plurality of tabbed pages including a respective keyword and a respective portion of the results corresponding to the respective keyword. | 05-03-2012 |
20120185446 | SEARCH CLUSTERING - In one example embodiment, a method is illustrated as including retrieving item data from a plurality of listings, the item data filtered from noise data, constructing at least one base cluster having at least one document with common item data stored in a suffix ordering, compacting the at least one base cluster to create a compacted cluster representation having a reduced duplicate suffix ordering amongst the clusters, and merging the compacted cluster representation to generate a merged cluster, the merging based upon a first overlap value applied to the at least one document with common item data. | 07-19-2012 |
20120221439 | SHOPPING CONTEXT ENGINE - A system receives context data associated with a context and a user. The system then associates the context data to a user identifier and retrieves data associated with the context. The system then filters the data according to the context data to create result data. In another embodiment, the system also receives context data from a plurality of users, where the context data pertains to one or more attributes of a context. The system then using the context data ranks the one or more attributes of the context to create ranked data and generates a user interface based on the ranked data. In yet another embodiment, the system communicates context data associated with a context and a user to a server, and receives result data created by the server filtering data retrieved based on the context data. The system then generates a user interface based on the result data. | 08-30-2012 |
20120263387 | IMAGE CATEGORIZATION BASED ON COMPARISONS BETWEEN IMAGES - In an example embodiment, a method is provided for image categorization. Here, images are displayed. In turn, a user input that describes a characteristic shared between the images from a comparison between the images is received. The user input may then be classified into categorization data. | 10-18-2012 |
20120278314 | PRESENTATION OF ITEMS BASED ON A THEME - Queries submitted by users when interacting with a network-based system may be analyzed by a query mining machine that determines a theme common to the submitted queries. The machine accesses the submitted queries and identifies a portion of the submitted queries as corresponding to the theme. Identification of the portion may include determining a strength score of a submitted query, where the strength score indicates a degree of influence that the submitted query is to have on the identifying of the portion. The machine generates a thematic query based on the identified portion and obtains search results by executing the thematic query. The search results correspond to a group of items. The machine presents at least some of the group of items as a collection that corresponds to the theme (e.g., within a temporary electronic storefront). | 11-01-2012 |
20120303485 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOCIAL SHOPPING ON A NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE - Methods and systems are provided for social shopping on a network-based marketplace. Specifically, the method receives a request, over a network, from a user in a community of users. The request is for an activity associated with a first network-based marketplace. The first network-based marketplace is used by the community of users to transact items of a single domain that is of interest to the community of users. The method updates a reputation score based on a user reputation score for the user. Finally, the method updates the user reputation score based on the reputation score. | 11-29-2012 |
20120323739 | MAPPING DESCRIPTIONS - An item record in an item database contains an item description generated by a seller of an item. A server machine is configured to access the item database, analyze the item description, and extract descriptive information by inferring an attribute and a corresponding attribute value from the item description. The attribute and its attribute value constitute an attribute-value pair. The server machine uses the attribute-value pair to map the item record to a product record stored in a product database. The mapping of the item record to the product record is based on comparing the attribute-value pair of the item record to a reference attribute-value pair in the product record to identify the product record. The mapping is performed upon detection of a match between the attribute-value pairs. | 12-20-2012 |
20130007015 | COLLABORATIVE CONTENT EVALUATION - In an example embodiment, a system for evaluating published content is provided. The system includes at least one processor and a plurality of components including instructions executable by the at least one processor. The components include a reporting component and an evaluation component. The reporting component is to receive a communication from one of a plurality of users of a network-based system, the communication identifying content accessible via the network-based system as objectionable. An evaluation component is to evaluate the identified content based on a reputation value of the one of the plurality of users to determine an action to take with respect to the identified content. The reputation value is based at least in part on a history of objectionable content reporting by the one of the plurality of users. | 01-03-2013 |
20130030949 | COMMUNITY BASED NETWORK SHOPPING - A system receives item data corresponding to an item list from a user. The item list may include one or more items. The system communicates the item list to a community group associated with the user and the system then receives member data from one or more members of the community group, wherein the member data is associated with the one or more items on the item list. | 01-31-2013 |
20130054415 | REFERRAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOURCING BUYER-REQUESTED ITEMS - A method and a system for a finder to send an acceptance that indicates that the finder has accepted a request to find an item requested by a requestor. The finder then sends an electronic notification to one or more other people about the request for the item, wherein the electronic notification includes a monetary incentive for the one or more other people in addition to the finder to assist in locating the item. The finder or the one person of the one or more other people sends location information. The location information includes a seller's contact information or a listing within an online marketplace describing the item. The finder and the one person of the one or more other people receive compensation based on assisting in locating the requested item. | 02-28-2013 |
20130080423 | RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SEARCH QUERIES - A system and method of providing recommendations for search queries are disclosed. A search query is received. Historical data in a historical database is accessed using the search query. The historical data is related to inactive e-commerce items. Recommendations are generated for the search query based on the accessed historical data. The recommendations can comprise item recommendations, category recommendations, and query recommendations. The query recommendations can comprise suggested queries and a preview of search results for each of the suggested queries. The steps of accessing the historical data and generating the one or more recommendations can be performed in response to a determination that the number of results for the search query is below a predetermined threshold. | 03-28-2013 |
20130083999 | EXTRACTION OF IMAGE FEATURE DATA FROM IMAGES - An apparatus and method for obtaining image feature data of an image are disclosed herein. A color histogram of the image is extracted from the image, the extraction of the color histogram including performing one-dimensional sampling of pixels comprising the image in each of a first dimension of a color space, a second dimension of the color space, and a third dimension of the color space. An edge map corresponding to the image is analyzed to detect a pattern included in the image. In response to a confidence level of the pattern detection being below a pre-defined threshold, extracting from the image an orientation histogram of the image. And identify a dominant color of the image. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084000 | COMPLEMENTARY ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to facilitate finding complementary recommendations are disclosed herein. One or more fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are determined based on data obtained from one or more sources. One or more template images and rule triggers corresponding to the fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are generated, each of the rule triggers associated with at least one of the template images. A processor compares a first image attribute of a particular one of the template images to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images corresponding to the plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items complementary to the query image. The particular one of the template images is selected based on the rule trigger corresponding to the particular one of the template images being applicable for a query image. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084001 | ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to facilitate finding recommendations for a query image are disclosed herein. A color histogram is determined corresponding to the query image. Determining at least one of a visual pattern included in the query image, a dominant color of the query image, or an orientation histogram corresponding to the query image. Performing comparison of a first image attribute of the query image to a second image attribute of an inventory image corresponding to an inventory item, wherein the first image attribute used in the comparison is selected from among the color histogram, the dominant color, and the orientation histogram. The selection of the first image attribute is based on a confidence score associated with the visual pattern, the dominant color, or a directionality present in the query image. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084002 | RE-RANKING ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON IMAGE FEATURE DATA - 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 determined based on a user preference for a particular one of the identified inventory items. At least the second listing order is provided to the remote device for re-display of the item recommendations in accordance with the second listing order. | 04-04-2013 |
20130085893 | ACQUISITION AND USE OF QUERY IMAGES WITH IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method for providing recommendations are disclosed herein. A query image is received from a remote device, the query image comprising an image included in a web page and the image being of interest to a user viewing the web page. Item recommendations corresponding to the query image are provided for automatic display at the web page at the remote device. The item recommendations are obtained by comparing a first image attribute associated with the query image to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images for a plurality of inventory items. Item details corresponding to an item of interest by the user from among the item recommendations are provided for automatic display at the web page at the remote device. | 04-04-2013 |
20130091038 | ASSOCIATING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE LISTINGS WITH CONTENT - A method and system associate electronic commerce listings with online content. In some embodiments, the a content provider presents content to a user. A request is received from the user to associate an electronic commerce listing of the user with the content. If the request is approved, an indicator is displayed within the content and associated with the electronic commerce listing. | 04-11-2013 |
20130097133 | NAVIGATION FOR LARGE SCALE GRAPHS - In one example embodiment, a method is illustrated as retrieving a plurality of search queries and defining relationships between search queries in the plurality of search queries based on semantic data associated with the search queries. A visual representation of the of the plurality of search queries may be generated and the visual representation may be partitioned into a plurality of tiles, each title representing a predefined portion of the visual representation. | 04-18-2013 |
20130103672 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PERSONALIZATION OF SEARCH RESULTS - In various example embodiments, a system and method for personalization of search results are provided. In example embodiments, a user interface that allows a user to establish optimization preferences used to personalize results based on a query is provided. The optimization preferences include values that are a portion of a total allowed value assigned to interrelated optimization factors. The optimization preferences are received via the user interface. The optimization preferences are applied to matches obtained based on the query to generate a personalized result set. | 04-25-2013 |
20130132824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT AND COMMUNITY BASED CUSTOMIZATION FOR A USER EXPERIENCE - A system and method for context and community based customization for a user experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a user experience customizer to gather context information, automatically produce user experience customization selections based on the context information, collect user activity feedback from a community of users, and use the user activity feedback to adjust the user experience customizer to automatically produce user experience customization selections likely favored by a user based on a correlation of the user activity feedback with the context information. | 05-23-2013 |
20130204729 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESELLER DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS - Methods and systems relating to a reseller analysis tool are described. In some embodiments, electronic commerce transaction information associated with a plurality of electronic commerce transactions occurring using an electronic commerce system is received at the electronic commerce system. A set of resale transactions from the plurality of electronic commerce transactions is identified using the electronic commerce transaction information, including identifying the set of resale transactions based on resale criteria capable of indicating a sale of an item by an entity that previously purchased the item using the electronic commerce transaction system. A set of rules associated with resale transactions is generated, including generating the set of rules based on the electronic commerce transaction information associated with the set of resale transactions. Based on the set of rules, user transaction information relevant to a transaction associated with a user is provided. | 08-08-2013 |
20130218715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITEM LIST CREATION AND COMMUNICATION - A system receives item data describing one or more items added to an item list by a user. The item list may include one or more items. The system communicates the item list to a group of additional users designated by the user and the system then receives member data from one or more members of the group of additional user, wherein the member data is about the one or more items in the item list. The item list is then updated based on the received member data. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218716 | Electronic Commerce File System - In various example embodiments, a system and method for an electronic commerce file system are provided. In example embodiments, a selection of an item contained in a folder of an electronic commerce file system is received. The item is offered for sale by an electronic commerce provider, and the electronic commerce file system resides locally on a client device. Based on a type of the folder, a set of actions are provided for selection, with the set of actions to be performed with respect to the item. A selection of an action to be performed with respect to the item is received. The action is performed with respect to the item, with the action being performed between the electronic commerce file system and the electronic commerce provider via a network. | 08-22-2013 |
20130262193 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOCIAL SHOPPING ON A NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE - Methods and systems are provided for social shopping on a network-based marketplace. The method receives, over a network at a social shopping platform, a request from a user in a first community of users. The social shopping platform includes multiple network-based marketplaces respectively associated with communities that include the first community of users that is associated with a first network-based marketplace. The method identifies the first network-based marketplace from the network-based marketplaces based on the request. The request is for an activity associated with the first network-based marketplace. The first network-based marketplace is used by the first community of users to transact items of a single domain that is of interest to the first community of users. The method updates a listing reputation score based on the activity associated with the first network-based marketplace and a user reputation score based on the listing reputation score. | 10-03-2013 |
20130332309 | SHOPPING CONTEXT ENGINE - A system receives context data associated with a context and a user. The system then associates the context data to a user identifier and retrieves data associated with the context. The system then filters the data according to the context data to create result data. In another embodiment, the system also receives context data from a plurality of users, where the context data pertains to one or more attributes of a context. The system then using the context data ranks the one or more attributes of the context to create ranked data and generates a user interface based on the ranked data. In yet another embodiment, the system communicates context data associated with a context and a user to a server, and receives result data created by the server filtering data retrieved based on the context data. The system then generates a user interface based on the result data. | 12-12-2013 |
20130339136 | DETECTION OF EVENTS FROM BURSTS OF ACTIVITY INDICATORS - An event detection machine may access time-stamped activity indicators from a database, and the event detection machine may determine that a first burst of activity indicators is repetitive of a second burst of activity indicators. Such a determination may be based on the first and second bursts each including a keyword that is shared in common between the first and second bursts. The event detection machine may determine that these bursts of activity indicators is representative of a repetitive event that is characterized by the keyword shared in common among the bursts of activity indicators. Based on such a determination, the event detection machine may generate or modify a data structure that indicates a time period as encompassing the repetitive event that corresponds to the keyword shared in common between the first and second bursts of activity indicators. | 12-19-2013 |
20140012693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LISTING ASSISTANCE - In various example embodiments, a system and method for providing listing assistance to a user is provided. In example embodiments, a query is received from a device of the user. Information from a category that corresponds to the query is accessed. Statistic data is generated using the information accessed from the category that corresponds to the query. The statistic data is provided for display to the device of the user. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOPIC EXTRACTION AND OPINION MINING - Technique for topic extraction and opinion mining are described. For example, a document that is pertinent to a topic is selected based on searching, using a key phrase, a plurality of documents. A subtopic referenced in the document is identified. A feature of the subtopic is identified based on the document. A rating of the feature of the subtopic is determined based on the document. Using at least one processor, a sentiment of the document is determined based in part on the feature and the rating of the feature. | 01-09-2014 |
20140032368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNITY AIDED RESEARCH AND SHOPPING - A system and method for providing product research help to a consumer doing internet shopping. A consumer helper application for internet commerce has been designed to integrate the techniques that are currently used by many internet consumers into a single application program. For example, the consumer helper application allows a user to take notes, store web site links, store web site annotations, obtain collaborative input, and perform other tasks commonly used by web site consumers. The consumer helper application stores all of the information gathered in a single place. Information provided by other consumers may be shared using the consumer helper application. The consumer helper application will suggest specific items for a consumer to purchase based up on the information gathered by the consumer into the consumer helper application. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040269 | SEARCH CLUSTERING - In one example embodiment, a method is illustrated as including retrieving item data. At least one base cluster having at least one document with common item data stored in a suffix ordering is constructed. The at least one base cluster is compacted to create a compacted cluster representation having a reduced duplicate suffix ordering amongst the clusters. | 02-06-2014 |
20140052567 | RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WEARABLE SENSORS - Apparatus and method for providing contextual recommendations based on user state are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, sensor data corresponding to at least one sensor included in an item worn by a user is received. A user state is determined based on the received sensor data. In response to a state change being satisfied by at least the user state, a recommendation is determined based on the user state and a profile associated with the user. The recommendation may be presented on an electronic mobile device associated with the user. | 02-20-2014 |
20140067785 | USING REPUTATION MEASURES TO IMPROVE SEARCH RELEVANCE - A system and method for determining relevancy for dynamic data sets is disclosed. A specific embodiment for use in an internet marketplace is presented wherein the relevancy for a descriptive factor associated with an item is increased when a user selects that item. To prevent abuse of the relevancy determination system, various embodiments incorporate abuse prevention measures. In one embodiment, a user's selection of the user's own items does not affect the relevancy system. In one embodiment, only a first selection of a particular item by a user will affect the relevancy system and any additional selections of that item will have no effect. In another embodiment, the size of the changes made due to the selections of particular user to the relevancy system are correlated to that user's reputation score. | 03-06-2014 |
20140081681 | SELF CORRECTING ONLINE REPUTATION - A system to determine a first reputation value for a first user associated with a transaction with a second user first determines a weighted value based on one or more user transaction attributes. The user transaction attributes may be associated with at least one of the first user and the second user. Next the system calculates the first reputation value for the first user as a function of a first current reputation value of the first user and the weighted value. | 03-20-2014 |
20140101580 | VISUAL MINING OF USER BEHAVIOR PATTERNS - Systems and methods of visual mining of user behavior patterns are disclosed. A plurality of clickstreams may be received. Each clickstream may represent a corresponding sequence of user actions. A visual representation of each clickstream may be caused to be displayed on a device. Each visual representation may comprise a distinct graphical element for each user action of the corresponding clickstream, and each visual representation may be configured to indicate a frequency level of the corresponding clickstream. Each distinct graphical element may comprise a geometric shape and a corresponding color that distinctly represents the corresponding user action. Graphical elements of each visual representation may comprise a size that is proportional to the frequency level of the corresponding clickstream. An indication of a selection of one of the visual representations may be received, and additional information about the corresponding clickstream may be caused to be displayed on the device. | 04-10-2014 |
20140108281 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - Methods and system for social commerce network analysis are described. In one embodiment, a strongly connected component value, an in-component value, an out-component value, a disconnected component value, a tendril value, and a tube value of a social network for a time period may be accessed. A social strength of the social network for the time period may be calculated by combining the strongly connected component value, the in-component value, the out-component value, the disconnected component value, the tendril value, and the tube value. The social strength of the social network for the time period may be utilized for analysis of the social network. The strongly connected component value may have a greatest weight and the disconnected component value may have the lowest weight in the combining. | 04-17-2014 |
20140129390 | MATCHING BRANDS AND SIZES - Consumers face a problem matching brand and size of one product to a different brand and size of a related product because not all brands measure sizes in the same way. As such, internet commerce companies recommend shoe sizes to users based upon a user-specified size or a user-specified pair of the shoes and size in a brand that the user suggests. Data in a peer-to-peer marketplace is mined to determine corresponding shoe sizes across various brands. | 05-08-2014 |
20140149510 | SOCIAL SHARING SYSTEM - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for providing recommendations based on social network sharing activity. Sharing activity relating to the sharing of the content item on a social network by a first user is accessed. Consumption information related to the consumption of the content item. A correlation between the sharing activity and the consumption information is determined. A recommendation is then generated based on the correlation. | 05-29-2014 |
20140164427 | INFERENCE OF QUERY RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON RETRIEVED ATTRIBUTES - Various example embodiments are provided for inferring relationships between queries. In an example, queries are related based on the identification of common terms between the queries. Another example is to relate queries based on the identification that the queries are associated with a single search session. Yet another example is to infer relationships based on the identification of relationships between item attributes retrieved from the submission of the queries. | 06-12-2014 |
20140181699 | CONTEXTUAL BREADCRUMBS DURING NAVIGATION - A system and method of providing contextual breadcrumbs is disclosed. A current page may be caused to be displayed on a device. Contextual breadcrumbs may be caused to be displayed on the current page. The contextual breadcrumbs may comprise a simplified representation of a first different page. The first different page may be different from the current page. The simplified representation of the first different page may comprise context information regarding a function of the first different page. The context information regarding a function of the first different page may comprise a visual representation of functional options of the first different page. At least one of the contextual breadcrumbs may be configured to enable the user to act upon the functional options of the first different page from the current page. | 06-26-2014 |
20140188556 | ANALYZING MARKETPLACE LISTING STRATEGIES - A method and system analyze marketplace listing strategies. In some embodiments, the method accesses data associated with multiple marketplace listings. Each marketplace listing is associated with a product category. A state-action model, associated with the product category, is created based on the data associated with the multiple marketplace listings. The state-action model is then analyzed to identify a marketplace listing strategy associated with the product category. | 07-03-2014 |
20140201027 | RE-RANKING ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON IMAGE FEATURE DATA - 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 determined based on a user preference for a particular one of the identified inventory items. At least the second listing order is provided to the remote device for re-display of the item recommendations in accordance with the second listing order. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201028 | COMPLEMENTARY ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to facilitate finding complementary recommendations are disclosed herein. One or more fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are determined based on data obtained from one or more sources. One or more template images and rule triggers corresponding to the fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are generated, each of the rule triggers associated with at least one of the template images. A processor compares a first image attribute of a particular one of the template images to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images corresponding to the plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items complementary to the query image. The particular one of the template images is selected based on the rule trigger corresponding to the particular one of the template images being applicable for a query image. | 07-17-2014 |
20140205197 | IMAGE CATEGORIZATION BASED ON COMPARISONS BETWEEN IMAGES - In an example embodiment, a method is provided for image categorization. Here, images are displayed. In turn, a user input that describes a characteristic shared between the images from a comparison between the images is received. The user input may then be classified into categorization data. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214842 | SUMMARIZATION OF SHORT COMMENTS - A method and a system for summarization of short comments are provided. The system comprises a memory to store a comments collection. The comments collection stores a plurality of comments for later access. The comments respectively include an overall rating and at least one phrase. The system also includes one or more processors to implement an aspect module to map a portion of the plurality of comments to a first aspect corresponding to an attribute of the entity. The one or more processor also implementing a rating module to determine an aspect rating corresponding to the first aspect based on the respective overall rating of the portion of the plurality of comments. | 07-31-2014 |
20140254927 | EXTRACTION OF IMAGE FEATURE DATA FROM IMAGES - An apparatus and method for obtaining image feature data of an image are disclosed herein. A color histogram of the image is extracted from the image, the extraction of the color histogram including performing one-dimensional sampling of pixels comprising the image in each of a first dimension of a color space, a second dimension of the color space, and a third dimension of the color space. An edge map corresponding to the image is analyzed to detect a pattern included in the image. In response to a confidence level of the pattern detection being below a pre-defined threshold, extracting from the image an orientation histogram of the image. And identify a dominant color of the image. | 09-11-2014 |
20140279265 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RETRIEVE RELEVANT INVENTORY USING SKETCH-BASED QUERY - In various example embodiments, a system and method for sketch based queries are presented. A sketch corresponding to a search item may be received from a user. At least a portion of the sketch may be generated by the user. An item attribute may be extracted from the sketch. The item attributed may correspond to a physical attribute of the search item. A set of inventory items similar to the search item may be identified based on the extracted item attribute and a search scope. The identified set of inventory items may be presented to the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279341 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO UTILIZE AN INTRA-BODY AREA NETWORK - An intra-body area network (IBAN) is described. An IBAN comprises a plurality of electronic sensing devices. Each from the plurality of electronic sensing devices is embedded in an item that is wearable by the user. The plurality of sensing devices collect respective different types of information and may communicate with each other, as well as with a smart phone of the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279940 | SELF-GUIDED VERIFICATION OF AN ITEM - A method of providing a level of certification of an attribute of an item is disclosed. A requirement is determined for a level of certification for an attribute of an item. A notification is provided of an evidence item that is to be submitted to evaluate the level of certification of the attribute of the item. The evidence item is received. The level of certification of the attribute of the item is determined based on the received evidence item. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280125 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO BUILD A TIME-SENSITIVE PROFILE - A system to build a time-sensitive profile is described. A plurality of sensing devices collect respective different types of information. A data collector receives sensor data collected by an electronic sensing device. A historical profile detector determines a historical profile associated with the first sensor data and that the historical profile is to be updated using the first sensor data. A profile generator then updates the historical profile using the sensor data. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FIT AN IMAGE OF AN INVENTORY PART - Systems and methods to fit an image of an inventory part are described. The system receives, over a network, a selection that identities a part type and further receives, over the network, an image of a vehicle. The system antomatically identifies an image of a first inventory part based on the selection of the part type and the image of the vehicle. The system automatically positions two boundaries of a rectangle over the image of the vehicle based on the part type, the rectangle including an image of a first vehicle part. The system fits the image of the first inventory part over the image of the first vehicle part based on the rectangle. The system communicates, over the network, a user interface including the image of the vehicle including the image of the first inventory part fitted over the image of the first vehicle part. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289069 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING HOME DECOR ITEMS BASED ON AN IMAGE OF A ROOM - A method, system, and article of manufacture for recommending items for a room. An image of a room is received, a box image is fitted to the image of the room. Information is extracted from the fitted box image and is used for recommending items for the room. The image is a color image and extracting information is done by extracting color histograms from the fitted box image. The color histograms are used to determine items that match the color scheme of the room, the lighting of the room, and/or the decorating style of the room. | 09-25-2014 |
20140310131 | SEARCHABLE TEXTURE INDEX - Electronic content that has a tactile dimension when presented on a tactile-enabled computing device may be referred to as tactile-enabled content. A tactile-enabled device is a device that is capable of presenting tactile-enabled content in a manner that permits a user to experience tactile quality of electronic content. In one example embodiment, a system is provided for generating content that has a tactile dimension when presented on a tactile-enabled device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FASHION RECOMMENDATIONS - Providing fashion recommendations based on an image of clothing. Color, pattern, and/or style information corresponding to the clothing may be identified and used to find relevant clothing and/or accessories in an inventory to recommend to a user. The image may be a video of clothing and/or accessories on a human body in motion. An area thereof may be sampled, detected and tracked across sequential frames of the video to obtain color, pattern, and/or style information which may be compared against clothing and/or accessories in an inventory to provide real-time (or near real-time) recommendations to the user. The image may comprise clothing of interest that is associated with a celebrity. The celebrity may be specified and the system returns recommendations of items in the inventory that are matching or complementary to the clothing/accessory of interest and which are consistent with the particular celebrity's fashion style. | 10-16-2014 |
20140324849 | PERSONALIZED SEARCH WIDGETS FOR CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE - A set of personalized search widgets for providing a customized user interface are provided. Among the personalized search widgets include a related searches menu to depict related search terms according to popularity and type. A query builder for explicitly including or excluding particular terms from the query may be provided. The search widgets may further include a history of past searches received from a user, a selection of categories to be searched, and one or more category suggestions. Some widgets associated with sellers allow a user to filter results according to a trusted seller status of the seller or the identity of the seller, and provide to the user a tag cloud including feedback about the seller. The results of a search may be presented in a spreadsheet style format. | 10-30-2014 |
20140379527 | SHOPPING CONTEXT ENGINE - A system receives context data associated with a context and a user. The system then associates the context data to a user identifier and retrieves data associated with the context. The system then filters the data according to the context data to create result data. In another embodiment, the system also receives context data from a plurality of users, where the context data pertains to one or more attributes of a context. The system then using the context data ranks the one or more attributes of the context to create ranked data and generates a user interface based on the ranked data. In yet another embodiment, the system communicates context data associated with a context and a user to a server, and receives result data created by the server filtering data retrieved based on the context data. The system then generates a user interface based on the result data. | 12-25-2014 |
20150054831 | USER INTERFACE FRAMEWORK FOR VIEWING LARGE SCALE GRAPHS ON THE WEB - Various embodiments provide a computer-implemented system and method providing a user interface framework for viewing large scale graphs. An example embodiment includes obtaining graph data including information related to a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes corresponding to search queries performed on a particular host site; constructing a plurality of sub-graphs, the sub-graphs being clusters of search results that are formed based on an amount of overlap among the search results produced from the search queries; rendering the graph by displaying each of the plurality of nodes at a respective absolute position within the graph and generating a plurality of tiles representing images of the plurality of sub-graphs; and displaying a sub-graph image corresponding to a selected position and zoom level. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055860 | ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to facilitate finding recommendations for a query image are disclosed herein. A color histogram is determined corresponding to the query image. Determining at least one of a visual pattern included in the query image, a dominant color of the query image, or an orientation histogram corresponding to the query image. Performing comparison of a first image attribute of the query image to a second image attribute of an inventory image corresponding to an inventory item, wherein the first image attribute used in the comparison is selected from among the color histogram, the dominant color, and the orientation histogram. The selection of the first image attribute is based on a confidence score associated with the visual pattern, the dominant color, or a directionality present in the query image. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058334 | PRESENTATION OF ITEMS BASED ON A THEME - Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating a query are described. A query submitted by a user is accessed and the submitted query is identified as corresponding to a theme by determining a strength score of the submitted query. In one example embodiment, the strength score indicates a pertinence of the submitted query to the theme, the theme being a descriptor of a concept that is applicable to the submitted query. A thematic query is generated based on the submitted query and the determined strength score. | 02-26-2015 |