System and method to create listings using image and voice recognition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10489835-B2
Application number	US-201715417582-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2017
Priority date	Feb 24, 2009
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

In various example embodiments, a system and method to provide services associated with an image is disclosed. The method includes receiving image data of an item of interest from a client device. The image data is used to identify a similar item from an image catalog based on the image data of the item. Attribute information associated with the similar item is retrieved and used to pre-populate a template. The pre-populated template is sent to the client device, and modified data from the client device is received in response, with the modified data resulting in a final template. A listing based on the final template is generated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server system, image data from a client device, the image data depicting an item;
accessing an image catalog that includes a collection of images depicting a set of items, the set of items having item attributes;
comparing the image data to the collection of images depicting the set of items within the image catalog;
identifying, using one or more processors, a similar item to the item depicted by the image data from the image catalog based on the image data of the item;
retrieving item attributes of the similar item in response to the identifying the similar item based on the image data;
populating a listing template for the item depicted by the image data based on the item attributes of the similar item;
publishing a listing for the item based on the populated listing template, the listing including the item attributes of the similar item and the image data depicting the item.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collection of images are retrieved from a set of listings submitted to the server system by one or more client devices.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collection of images are retrieved from a commercial source, wherein the commercial source includes an item inventory.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying of the similar item based on the image data includes:
performing an image recognition process on the image data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the image data includes:
receiving an audio input into a microphone coupled to the client device; the audio input including a verbal description of the item; and
generate the image data based on the verbal description of the item.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the image data includes:
receiving an item category that corresponds to the item depicted by the image data; and
wherein the accessing the image catalog that includes the collection of images depicting the set of items is based on the image data and the item category.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the similar item to the item depicted by the image data includes:
detecting points of contrast in the image data, wherein the detecting the points of contrast includes applying an edge detection algorithm to the image data; and
identifying the similar item from the image catalog based on the points of contrast.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the method further comprises:
converting the image data into a color histogram, the color histogram depicting a distribution of colors in the image data; and
wherein the identifying the similar item from the image catalog is based on the color histogram.

9. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a server system, image data from a client device, the image data depicting an item;
accessing an image catalog that includes a collection of images depicting a set of items, the collection of images retrieved from a set of listings submitted to the server system by one or more client devices, the set of listings including item attributes of the set of items;
comparing the image data to the collection of images depicting the set of items within the image catalog;
identifying, using one or more processors, a similar item to the item depicted by the image data from the image catalog based on the image data of the item;
retrieving item attributes of the similar item in response to the identifying the similar item based on the image data;
populating a listing template for the item depicted by the image data based on the item attributes of the similar item;
publishing a listing for the item based on the populated listing template, the listing including the item attributes of the similar item and the image data depicting the item.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the collection of images are retrieved from a set of listings submitted to the server system by one or more client devices.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions that cause the system to perform
the identifying of the similar item based on the image data include:
performing an image recognition process on the image data.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions cause the system to perform operations further comprising:
receiving modified attribute information from the client device, the modified attribute information modifying the populated listing template, wherein the receiving the modified attribute information includes receiving text data from the client device.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions that cause the system to perform the receiving the image data include:
receiving an audio input into a microphone coupled to the client device, the audio input including a verbal description of the item; and
generate the image data based on the verbal description of the item.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions that cause the system to perform the receiving the image data include:
receiving an item category that corresponds to the item depicted by the image data; and
wherein the accessing the image catalog that includes the collection of images depicting the set of items is based on the image data and the item category.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions that cause the system to perform
the identifying the similar item depicted by the image data include:
detecting points of contrast in the image data, wherein the detecting the points of contrast includes applying an edge detection algorithm to the image data; and
identifying the similar item from the image catalog based on the points of contrast.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions cause the system to perform operations further comprising:
converting the image data into a color histogram, the color histogram depicting a distribution of colors in the image data; and
wherein the identifying the similar item from the image catalog is based on the color histogram.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having no transitory signals and storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a server system, image data from a client device, the image data depicting an item;
accessing an image catalog that includes a collection of images depicting a set of items, the collection of images retrieved from a set of listings submitted to the server system by one or more client devices, the set of listings including item attributes of the set of items;
comparing the image data to the collection of images depicting the set of items within the image catalog;
identifying, using one or more processors, a similar item to the item depicted by the image data from the image catalog based on the image data of the item;
retrieving item attributes of the similar item in response to the identifying the similar item based on the image data;
populating a listing template for the item depicted by the image data based on the item attributes of the similar item;
publishing a listing for the item based on the populated listing template, the listing including the item attributes of the similar item and the image data depicting the item.

18. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the collection of images are retrieved from a set of list

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Melcher Ryan
• Howard Dane

Classifications

• G06F18/22

  Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures · CPC title

• G06Q10/087

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title

• G06Q30/0601 Primary

  Electronic shopping [e-shopping] · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title

• G06Q30/0603

  Catalogue creation or management · CPC title