Nuanced-color search and recommendation system

• US 10,706,317 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2017
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Weigel, John, Khaja Nazimudeen, Niaz Ahamed, Gudipati, Padmapriya, Keefer, Timothy, Zhong, Fujun, Rekhi, Ashmeet Singh, Crookston, Kenneth, Lin, Shane, Ramesh, Suchitra, Gonzales, Rodolfo, Islam, Atiq
• Primary Examiner(s): Mariam, Daniel G
• Application Number:
  US15/836,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20190080198A1
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• Field of Search: 382165
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5838 using colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10024 Color image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/90 Determination of colour characteristics

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for implementing a nuanced-color search and recommendation system. Employing various techniques described herein, an improved search engine for categorizable items is provided to generate accurate color-based search results and recommendations that are relevant to a nuanced color provided as a search parameter. In various implementations, digital assets that depict categorizable items can be analyzed to characterize the depicted items with, among other things, a particular shade of a determined dominant color. In this way, categorizable items can be searched based at least in part on a selected shade of a particular dominant color to generate a primary search result. In further embodiments, other categorizable items can be generated as recommendations based on characteristics of the primary search result. That is, other items not necessarily subject of the search, can be provided as recommended items if predefined rules dictate that such items may complement the categorizable items included in the primary search result.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

generating a search query based on a received set of search parameters, wherein the received set of search parameters includes a first dominant color and a first shade selected from a plurality of shades of the first dominant color;

responsive to generating the search query, generating a primary search result and a secondary search result, the primary search result being generated based at least in part on the received set of search parameters, and the secondary search result being generated based at least in part on the generated primary search result; and

generating a set of code that is renderable to present at least a portion of the primary search result and at least a portion of the secondary search result, wherein at least the presented portion of the secondary search result is complementary to at least the presented portion of the primary search result.

2. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 1, wherein the received set of search parameters further includes a second search parameter.

3. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 2, wherein the second search parameter references at least a first category.

4. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 3, wherein the generated primary search result includes a first set of records identified based on the received set of search parameters, wherein the generated secondary search result includes a second set of records identified based at least in part on determining that each record in the second set of records presents a second shade of a second dominant color, the second shade being complementary to the first shade.

5. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 4, wherein the second set of records is identified based further in part on a determination that a second category is complementary to the referenced first category, each record in the second set of records further referencing the second category.

6. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 4, further comprising:

generating a different set of code that is renderable to present together at least a first record selected from the first set of records and at least a second record selected from the second set of records.

7. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 1, the secondary search result being generated based further on a determination that a second shade of a second dominant color is complementary to the selected first shade, wherein the second shade is one of a plurality of shades of the second dominant color.

8. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 1, the primary search result and the secondary search result being generated directly responsive to generating the search query.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

generating, by a computing device, a search query based on a received set of search parameters, wherein the received set of search parameters includes a first dominant color and a first shade selected from a plurality of shades of the first dominant color;

directly responsive to generating the search query, generating, by the computing device, a primary search result and a secondary search result, the primary search result being generated based at least in part on the received set of search parameters, and the secondary search result being generated based at least in part on the generated primary search result; and

generating, by the computing device, a set of code that is renderable to present at least a portion of the primary search result and at least a portion of the secondary search result, wherein at least the presented portion of the secondary search result is complementary to at least the presented portion of the primary search result.

10. The method of claim 9, the secondary search result being generated based further on a determination that a second shade of a second dominant color is complementary to the selected first shade, wherein the second shade is one of a plurality of shades of the second dominant color.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the received set of search parameters further includes a second search parameter.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second search parameter references at least a first category.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the generated primary search result includes a first set of records identified based on the received set of search parameters, wherein the generated secondary search result includes a second set of records identified based at least in part on determining that each record in the second set of records references the second shade.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second set of records is identified based further in part on a determination that a second category is complementary to the referenced first category, each record in the second set of records further referencing the second category.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

generating, by the computing device, a different set of code that is renderable to present together at least a first record selected from the first set of records and at least a second record selected from the second set of records.

16. A system, comprising

at least one processor, and

at least one non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

generate a search query based on a received set of search parameters, wherein the received set of search parameters includes a first dominant color and a first shade selected from a plurality of shades of the first dominant color;

responsive to generating the search query, generate a primary search result and a secondary search result, the primary search result being generated based at least in part on the received set of search parameters, and the secondary search result being generated based at least in part on the generated primary search result; and

generate a set of code that is renderable to present at least a portion of the primary search result and at least a portion of the secondary search result, wherein at least the presented portion of the secondary search result is complementary to at least the presented portion of the primary search result.

17. The system of claim 16, the secondary search result being generated based further on a determination that a second shade of a second dominant color is complementary to the selected first shade, wherein the second shade is one of a plurality of shades of the second dominant color.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the received set of search parameters further includes a second search parameter that references at least a first category.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the generated primary search result includes a first set of records identified based on the received set of search parameters, wherein the generated secondary search result includes a second set of records identified based at least in part on determining that each record in the second set of records references the second shade.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the second set of records is identified based further in part on a determination that a second category is complementary to the referenced first category, each record in the second set of records further referencing the second category.