Product identification using multiple services
First Claim
1. A network-based publication system comprising:
- a service selector to select one or more identification services from a plurality of identification services based on an input for an item, the identification services to determine one or more product identifications from at least a portion of the input;
an identification selector to select a recommended product identification based on the one or more product identifications received from the one or more identification services; and
a listing generator to generate a listing based on the recommended product identification.
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Abstract
A method and a system to determine a product identification of an item for sale in an online publication system is shown and described. For example, the method may be initiated when an input identifying an item is received from a user. An input type (e.g., image, text, audio recording, etc.) may be determined and one or more identification services may be selected based on the input type. At least a portion of the input is transmit to the selected one or more identification services. A product identification is received from each of the one or more identification services. Based on the received product identifications, a recommended product identification is determined. The recommended product identification is transmitted to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A network-based publication system comprising:
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a service selector to select one or more identification services from a plurality of identification services based on an input for an item, the identification services to determine one or more product identifications from at least a portion of the input; an identification selector to select a recommended product identification based on the one or more product identifications received from the one or more identification services; and a listing generator to generate a listing based on the recommended product identification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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receiving an input for an item; selecting one or more identification services from a plurality of identification services based on the input for the item, the identification services to determine one or more product identifications from at least a portion of the input; selecting, using one or more processors, a recommended product identification based on the one or more product identifications received from the one or more identification services; and generating a listing based on the recommended product identification. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by a processor for performing a method for determining a recommended product identification, the method comprising:
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receiving an input from a user, the input identifying an item; determining an input type based on the input; determining one or more identification services based on the input type; transmitting at least a portion of the input to selected one or more identification services; receiving, from each of the one or more identification services, a product identification; determining a recommended product identification from the received product identifications; and transmitting the recommended product identification to the user.
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