Regional item reccomendations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10366439-B2
Application number	US-201414579936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2014
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

Systems and methods for regional item recommendations are provided. In example embodiments, an indication of a destination geolocation from a user device of a user is received. Destination data corresponding to the destination geolocation is retrieved. A destination characteristic from the destination data is extracted. The destination characteristic indicates an affinity for apparel associated with the destination geolocation. A candidate apparel item is determined based on the extracted destination characteristic. An item listing corresponding to the candidate apparel item is identified. The item listing is presented on a user interface of the user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer system comprising:
one or more processors;
at least one memory storing instructions;
the computer system further incorporating a communication component, a data component, a style component, and a presentation component, the communication component, the data component, the style component, and the presentation component implemented by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising, at least:
receiving, at the communication component, an indication of a destination geolocation from a user device of a user, the user device being remote from the computer system;
receiving, at the data component, first destination data from a third-party server, the first destination data from the third-party server comprising one or more images with a geotag for a geolocation that matches or is within a distance from the destination geolocation, the third-party server being remote from the computing system;
receiving, at the data component, second destination data comprising one or more purchase histories associated with a geolocation that matches or is within a distance from the destination geolocation;
extracting, by the style component, a destination characteristic from the first and second destination data, the destination characteristic indicating an affinity rating for apparel associated with the destination geolocation, the affinity rating extracted at least in part from the one or more images, geotags associated with the one or more images, and the one or more purchase histories pertaining to the geolocation;
determining, by the style component, a candidate apparel item based on the extracted destination characteristic;
identifying, by the data component, an item listing corresponding to the candidate apparel item, the item listing being selected from a regional apparel system;
causing presentation, by the presentation component, of the item listing on a user interface of the user device;
receiving input from the user interface indicating a purchase of an item associated with the presented item listing;
receiving, at the communication component, an indication of a return time from the destination geolocation from the user device; and
based on receiving the indication of the return time, automatically generating, at a purchase module, a new listing for sale of the item purchased by the user, the new listing being generated on behalf of the user to be posted at a time determined from the return time.

2. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprising:
determining, via image recognition by the style component, the destination one or more images each comprises an image of a particular piece of apparel or a particular activity; and
causing presentation, by the presentation component, of the one or more images on the user interface of the user device to assist the user in evaluating a style of the item listing.

3. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: receiving destination data indicating a particular climate of the destination; and determining a set of apparel suited to the particular climate based on purchases of apparel by a population of users of other destination locations associated with the particular climate, wherein determining an affinity score for the candidate apparel is further based on membership of the set of apparel suited to the particular climate.

4. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a processor, an indication of a destination geolocation from a user device of a user, the user device being remote from the processor;
receiving, at the processor, first destination data from a third-party server remote from the processor, the first destination data from the third-party server comprising one or more images with a geotag for a geolocation that matches or is within a distance from the destination geolocation;
receiving, at the processor, second destination data comprising one or more purchase histories associated with a geolocation that matches or is within a distance from the destination geolocation;
extracting, at the processor, a destination characteristic from the first and second destination data, the destination characteristic indicating an affinity score for apparel associated with the destination geolocation, the affinity rating extracted at least in part from the one or more images, geotags associated with the one or more images, and the one or more purchase histories pertaining to the geolocation;
determining, the processor, a candidate apparel item based on the extracted destination characteristic;
identifying, at the processor, an item listing corresponding to the candidate apparel item, the item listing being selected from a regional apparel system;
causing presentation of the item listing on a user interface of the user device: and
receiving, at the processor, input from the user interface indicating a purchase of an item associated with the presented item listing:
receiving, at the processor, an indication of a return time from the destination geolocation from the user device; and
based on receiving the indication of the return time, automatically generating, at the processor, a new listing for sale of the item purchased by the user, the new listing being generated on behalf of the user to be posted at a time determined from the return time.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
determining the each of the one or more destination images comprises an image of a particular piece of apparel or a particular activity; and
causing presentation of the one or more images on the user interface of the user device to assist the user in evaluating a style of the item listing.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the one or more images comprises a member image retrieved by:
identifying a similar profile among a plurality of member profiles of a social network service, the similar profile corresponding to a member of the social network service that is similar to the user;
accessing the member image included in the similar profile, the member image being an image of the member of the similar profile; and
causing presentation of the member image on a user interface of the user device.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving an indication of a destination time of the user, the destination time being a time when the user plans to be in a vicinity of the destination geolocation;
identifying a delivery option for the item listing, the delivery option having delivery parameters according to the destination geolocation and the destination time; and
causing presentation of the delivery option with the delivery parameters on the user interface of the user device.

8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
accessing user data corresponding to the user;
extracting a user characteristic from the user data, the user characteristic indicating a user affinity score for apparel associated with the user;
determining the candidate apparel item based on the extracted user characteristic and the extracted destination characteristic.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user data includes sensor data indicating user apparel item usage, the sensor data including a tag detection indicating a use by the user of a particular user apparel item.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the tag detection comprises detection of at least one of an RFID tag, a smart tag, and a bar code corresponding to the particular user apparel item.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining the item listing comprises a cross-border item listing based on a user geolocation indicated by the user data and an item listing geolocation

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Leonard Cheri Nola
• Medlen Jiri
• Su Jonathan
• Naware Mihir
• Chhugani Jatin
• Sundaresan Neelakantan

Classifications

• G06Q30/0639

  Locating goods or services, e.g. based on physical position of the goods or services within a shopping facility · CPC title

• G06Q30/0631 Primary

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0633 Primary

  Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0613

  using intermediate agents · CPC title

• G06Q30/0601

  Electronic shopping [e-shopping] · CPC title