Multi-dimensional dynamic visual browsing
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying, by a processor of a machine, based on prior browsing history by a user and user preferences selected by the user for limiting a browsing experience to a selected relevance level, a plurality of categories of items of an online marketplace, the plurality of categories being a subset of categories included in a super-category;
presenting to the user in a visual browsing portal of the browsing experience;
a super-category image including a visual element and representing the super-category; and
a plurality of category images, each category image of the plurality of category images being different from the other category images of the plurality of category images and corresponding to a respective category of the plurality of categories, each category image including a respective visual element, wherein the visual element of the super-category image and the respective visual element of the included in each category image are configured as visual element navigation pathways to the categories included in the super-category in which one or more visual characteristics of the visual element navigation pathways are based on a weighting of the plurality of categories and additional categories according to the prior browsing history and the selected relevance level of the user preferences, and wherein the plurality of category images presented to the user are a subset of additional category images corresponding to additional categories included in the super-category and are selected from the super-category for presentation to the user by the weighting,wherein the super-category image and the category images are presented to the user without text describing the super-category or the categories; and
presenting to the user a reduced size map of the visual browsing portal content simultaneously with the visual browsing portal, the reduced size map comprising a high-level overview of a visible element navigation pathway of the super-category and the plurality of categories.
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to present a first plurality of visible images indicating a corresponding group of visible element navigation pathways associated with a first level of an online marketplace, receive a selection of one of the first plurality of visual images to provide a selected image, and navigate to a second level of the online marketplace along the visible element navigation pathways by presenting a second plurality of visible images representing one of a super-category including the selected image and a sub-category included in the selected image, wherein the first and second levels form part of at least three levels of visual navigation. Selections may be saved for future manipulation, review, and navigation as a collection of thumbtacked images. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying, by a processor of a machine, based on prior browsing history by a user and user preferences selected by the user for limiting a browsing experience to a selected relevance level, a plurality of categories of items of an online marketplace, the plurality of categories being a subset of categories included in a super-category; presenting to the user in a visual browsing portal of the browsing experience; a super-category image including a visual element and representing the super-category; and a plurality of category images, each category image of the plurality of category images being different from the other category images of the plurality of category images and corresponding to a respective category of the plurality of categories, each category image including a respective visual element, wherein the visual element of the super-category image and the respective visual element of the included in each category image are configured as visual element navigation pathways to the categories included in the super-category in which one or more visual characteristics of the visual element navigation pathways are based on a weighting of the plurality of categories and additional categories according to the prior browsing history and the selected relevance level of the user preferences, and wherein the plurality of category images presented to the user are a subset of additional category images corresponding to additional categories included in the super-category and are selected from the super-category for presentation to the user by the weighting, wherein the super-category image and the category images are presented to the user without text describing the super-category or the categories; and presenting to the user a reduced size map of the visual browsing portal content simultaneously with the visual browsing portal, the reduced size map comprising a high-level overview of a visible element navigation pathway of the super-category and the plurality of categories. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform operations comprising; identifying, by a processor of a machine, based on prior browsing history by a user and user preferences selected by the user for limiting a browsing experience to a selected relevance level, a plurality of categories of items of an online marketplace, the plurality of categories being a subset of categories included in a super-category; presenting to the user in a visual browsing portal of the browsing experience; a super-category image including a visual element and representing the super-category; and a plurality of category images, each category image of the plurality of category images being different from the other category images of the plurality of category images and corresponding to a respective category of the plurality of categories, each category image including a respective visual element, wherein the visual element of the super-category image and the respective visual element of the included in each category image are configured as visual element navigation pathways to the categories included in the super-category in which one or more visual characteristics of the visual element navigation pathways are based on a weighting of the plurality of categories and additional categories according to the prior browsing history, and wherein the plurality of category images presented to the user are a subset of additional category images corresponding to additional categories included in the super-category, wherein the super-category image and the category images are presented to the user without text describing the super-category or the categories; and presenting to the user a reduced size map of the visual browsing portal content simultaneously with the visual browsing portal, the reduced size map comprising a high-level overview of a visible element navigation pathway of the super-category and the plurality of categories.
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16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, in response to being executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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identifying, by a processor of a machine, based on prior browsing history by a user and user preferences selected by the user for limiting a browsing experience to a selected relevance level, a plurality of categories of items of an online marketplace, the plurality of categories being a subset of categories included in a super-category; presenting to the user in a visual browsing portal of the browsing experience; a super-category image including a visual element and representing the super-category; and a plurality of category images, each category image of the plurality of category images being different from the other category images of the plurality of category images and corresponding to a respective category of the plurality of categories, each category image including a respective visual element, wherein the visual element of the super-category image and the respective visual element of the included in each category image are configured as visual element navigation pathways to the categories included in the super-category in which one or more visual characteristics of the visual element navigation pathways are based on a weighting of the plurality of categories and additional categories according to the prior browsing history, and wherein the plurality of category images presented to the user are a subset of additional category images corresponding to additional categories included in the super-category and are selected from the super-category for presentation to the user by the weighting, wherein each category image of the plurality of category images is presented to the user without text describing each category image; and presenting to the user a reduced size map of the visual browsing portal content simultaneously with the visual browsing portal, the reduced size map comprising a high-level overview of a visible element navigation pathway of the super-category and the plurality of categories.
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