Sharing item images based on a similarity score

• US 9,727,615 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2015
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Wang, Qiang, Bolivar, Alvaro, Wu, Xiaoyuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Arjomandi, Noosha
• Application Number:
  US14/950,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20160078098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

Techniques for sharing item images based on a similarity score are described. For example, a machine receives an input item listing for an item from a user device. The machine accesses an existing image that may be associated with one or more existing item listings. The machine identifies a degree of similarity between the input item listing and the one or more existing item listings. The machine generates a similarity score for the existing image based on the degree of similarity. The machine selects one or more existing images corresponding to the one or more existing item listings based on the one or more existing images having corresponding similarity scores that exceed a threshold value. The machine transmits a communication to the user device in response to the receiving of the input item listing. The communication may include the one or more existing images.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors; and

a non-transitory machine-readable medium for storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors of a machine, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving an input item listing for an item from a user device, the input item listing including a tag for the item, the tag including a pair of an attribute of the item and a value for the attribute;

accessing an existing image, the existing image being associated with one or more existing item listings;

generating a category similarity score that indicates a degree of similarity between a category of the input item listing and one or more categories of the one or more existing item listings;

generating a similarity score for the existing image based on the category similarity score that indicates the degree of similarity between the category of the input item listing and the one or more categories of the one or more existing item listings, the generating of the similarity score including calculating a tag similarity score by counting a number of tags of each of the one or more existing item listings that match a respective tag of the input item listing;

selecting one or more existing images corresponding to the one or more existing item listings based on the one or more existing images having corresponding similarity scores that exceed a threshold value; and

transmitting a communication to the user device in response to the receiving of the input item listing, the communication including the one or more existing images.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the calculating of the tag similarity score comprises determining a percentage value that indicates the number of tags of each of the one or more existing listings that match the respective tag of the item listing.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the user device, an acceptance of a particular existing image of the one or more existing images; and

associating the input item listing with the accepted particular existing image based on the received acceptance.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing the input item listing associated with the accepted particular existing image, in a database, as a new item listing for the accepted particular existing image.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying, based on one or more data structures of the one or more existing item listings, the existing image associated with one or more existing item listings, for which to generate the similarity score.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

uploading an image corresponding to the input item listing, the image being provided by the user device in response to the transmitting of the communication to the user device; and

associating the input item listing with the image provided by the user device.

7. A method comprising:

receiving an input item listing for an item from a user device, the input item listing including a tag for the item, the tag including a pair of an attribute of the item and a value for the attribute;

accessing an existing image, the existing image being associated with one or more existing item listings;

generating a category similarity score that indicates a degree of similarity between a category of the input item listing and one or more categories of the one or more existing item listings;

generating a similarity score for the existing image based on the category similarity score that indicates the degree of similarity between the category of the input item listing and the one or more categories of the one or more existing item listings, the generating of the similarity score including calculating a tag similarity score by counting a number of tags of each of the one or more existing item listings that match a respective tag of the input item listing;

selecting one or more existing images corresponding to the one or more existing item listings based on the one or more existing images having corresponding similarity scores that exceed a threshold value; and

transmitting a communication to the user device in response to the receiving of the input item listing, the communication including the one or more existing images.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the calculating of the tag similarity score comprises determining a percentage value that indicates the number of tags of each of the one or more existing listings that match the respective tag of the item listing.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, an acceptance of a particular existing image of the one or more existing images; and

associating the input item listing with the accepted particular existing image based on the received acceptance.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing the input item listing associated with the accepted particular existing image, in a database, as a new item listing for the accepted particular existing image.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

identifying, based on one or more data structures of the one or more existing item listings, the existing image associated with one or more existing item listings, for which to generate the similarity score.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

uploading an image corresponding to the input item listing, the image being provided by the user device in response to the transmitting of the communication to the user device; and

associating the input item listing with the image provided by the user device.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving an input item listing for an item from a user device, the input item listing including a tag for the item, the tag including a pair of an attribute of the item and a value for the attribute;

accessing an existing image, the existing image being associated with one or more existing item listings;

generating a category similarity score that indicates a degree of similarity between a category of the input item listing and one or more categories of the one or more existing item listings;

generating a similarity score for the existing image based on the category similarity score that indicates the degree of similarity between the category of the input item listing and the one or more categories of the one or more existing item listings, the generating of the similarity score including calculating a tag similarity score by counting a number of tags of each of the one or more existing item listings that match a respective tag of the input item listing;

selecting one or more existing images corresponding to the one or more existing item listings based on the one or more existing images having corresponding similarity scores that exceed a threshold value; and

transmitting a communication to the user device in response to the receiving of the input item listing, the communication including the one or more existing images.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the calculating of the tag similarity score comprises determining a percentage value that indicates the number of tags of each of the one or more existing listings that match the respective tag of the item listing.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the user device, an acceptance of a particular existing image of the one or more existing images; and

associating the input item listing with the accepted particular existing image based on the received acceptance.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing the input item listing associated with the accepted particular existing image, in a database, as a new 7 item listing for the accepted particular existing image.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

uploading an image corresponding to the input item listing, the image being provided by the user device in response to the transmitting of the communication to the user device, and associating the input item listing with the image provided by the user device.