Mobile optimized shopping comparison

• US 10,459,608 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2014
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Gabbai, Jonathan, Tenniswood, James, Darnell, Elissa
• Primary Examiner(s): Theriault, Steven B
• Application Number:
  US14/556,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20160154862A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,793 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for generating a navigable user interface for a mobile shopping comparison application. In some embodiments, the method may include determining that a query request has indications of item specific attributes for comparison, identifying the most relevant item attributes corresponding to the item specific comparison, and presenting the attributes in conjunction with their corresponding items in a navigable user interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

retrieving search results based on a query request, the search results comprising a plurality of items and a plurality of item attributes, individual item attributes of the plurality of item attributes having a label and a value;

selecting at least a subset of the plurality of item attributes that are determined to be more relevant than other item attributes of the plurality of item attributes by selecting item attributes, of the plurality of item attributes, that are common between items of the plurality of items;

presenting a first interface element at a display that presents the search results and allows navigation through the search results at the display; and

presenting a second interface element at the display that includes a static attributes panel that presents at least the subset of the plurality of item attributes by;

displaying the label of each respective item attribute in the subset as a fixed title of a respective data field in the static attributes panel; and

displaying the value of each respective item attribute in the subset with the label of the respective item attribute,

wherein displaying the value comprises displaying, for at least one value associated with the subset, a visual indication of where the at least one value is positioned on a scale that corresponds to a spectrum of values for the respective item attribute of the plurality of items, wherein the scale spans the respective data field, wherein displaying the visual indication comprises placing the at least one value in the respective data field at a location corresponding to where the at least one value is positioned on the scale.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first interface element is presented at a first portion of the display, and the second interface element is presented at a second portion of the display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the first interface element at the display includes a depiction of a single search result from among the search results.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first interface element includes a tab element, and the method further comprises:

receiving a selection of the tab element via an input gesture;

expanding a size of the first interface element or the second interface element based on the input gesture; and

reducing a size of the second interface element or the first interface element, respectively, based on said expanding.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the first interface element and the second interface element at the display includes causing a display of a representation of a first item from among the plurality of items within the first interface element.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying an item category that corresponds to the plurality of items of the search results, the item category being associated with an item attribute.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving the query request from a user; and

accessing a user profile associated with the user in response to the receiving the query request; and

selecting at least the subset of the plurality of item attributes based, at least in part, on the user profile, the user profile including attribute display preferences, the attribute display preferences identifying item attributes.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second interface element comprises a list of item attributes other than at least the subset of the plurality of item attributes and associated with the plurality of items of the search results.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

receiving a threshold value that defines a limit of an item attribute; and

filtering the search results based on the limit.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

determining that a first value of a first item in the plurality of items is within the limit set by the threshold value; and

displaying a visual indication, in the second interface element, that the first value of the first item is within the limit set by the threshold value.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the first interface element and the second interface element at the display includes presenting a list at the first interface element, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a sorting criteria; and

sorting the list based on the sorting criteria.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said selecting at least the subset comprises determining relevancy of the plurality of item attributes by querying a third party server to access relevant item attributes.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said selecting at least the subset of item attributes comprises selecting item attributes that are most often compared by users.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said selecting at least the subset of item attributes comprises selecting item attributes a current user most often compares.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said selecting at least the subset of item attributes comprises selecting item attributes having highest conversion rates.

16. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

retrieving search results based on a query request, the search results comprising a plurality of items and a plurality of item attribute, individual item attributes having a label and a value;

selecting at least a subset of the plurality of item attributes that are determined to be more relevant than other item attributes by selecting item attributes, of the plurality of item attributes, that are common between items of the plurality of items;

presenting a first interface element at a display that presents the search results and allows navigation through the search results at the display; and

presenting a second interface element at the display that includes a static attributes panel that presents at least the subset of the plurality of item attributes by;

displaying the label of each respective item attribute in the subset as a fixed title of a respective data field in the static attributes panel; and

displaying the value of each respective item attribute in the subset with the label of the respective item attribute,

wherein displaying the value comprises displaying, for at least one value associated with the subset, a visual indication of where the at least one value is positioned on a scale that corresponds to a spectrum of values for the respective item attribute of the plurality of items, wherein the scale spans the respective data field, wherein displaying the visual indication comprises placing the at least one value in the respective data field at a location corresponding to where the at least one value is positioned on the scale.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the first interface element is presented at a first portion of the display, and the second interface element is presented at a second portion of the display.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein presenting the first interface element at the display includes a depiction of a single search result from among the search results.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the first interface element includes a tab element, and the method further comprises:

receiving a selection of the tab element, the selection including an input gesture;

expanding a size of the first interface element or the second interface element based on the input gesture; and

reducing a size of the second interface element or the first interface element, respectively, based on said expanding.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a threshold value that defines a limit of an item attribute;

determining a level of compliance to the limit for a first value of a first item in the plurality of items; and

displaying a visual indication, in the second interface element, of the level of compliance for the first value.