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Online marketplace system, method, and computer readable medium for providing flaw accentuation to an image of an item for sale

  • US 10,319,014 B2
  • Filed: 12/31/2015
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing flaw accentuation to an image of an item for sale in an e-commerce online marketplace, the method comprising:

  • receiving at one or more servers that host an online marketplace, an image of an item being listed for sale at the online marketplace and text that describes the item from a seller through the Internet;

    determining, by the one or more servers, that the item includes a flaw based at least partially on the text, the flaw including damage to the item;

    in response to a determination that the item includes the flaw, creating, by the one or more servers, a flaw accentuation to the image that modifies the image such that the flaw stands out;

    further creating, by the one or more servers, a listing in the online marketplace for the item, the listing including the image and the flaw accentuation to the image; and

    in response to a search query;

    demoting, by the one or more servers, a ranking of the created listing to change an order of items displayed to a buyer in response to the search request; and

    causing, by the one or more servers, display of the created listing for the item consistent with the changed order of items.

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