Generating product listings using locker sensor data and reconfiguring lockers based on product size

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11188948-B2
Application number	US-201715837675-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2017
Priority date	Aug 23, 2013
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

Systems and methods are presented for standardizing delivery of products in an online marketplace using one or more locker systems. In some embodiments, a system of lockers is presented. The locker system may be configured to store one or more products sold in an online marketplace. The locker system may also include a processor coupled to the one or more lockers and configured to generate access code information for a buyer to enable access to a locker storing the product. One or more sensors may be coupled to the one or more lockers and configured to examine the product for a level of product quality. A transmitter of the system may be configured to transmit the access code information to the buyer. The system can later accept the access code information inputted from the buyer and open the locker storing the product after receiving the access code information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
one or more lockers configured to store one or more products;
one or more sensors coupled to the one or more lockers;
one or more processors coupled to the one or more sensors and the one or more lockers, the one or more processors being configured to perform operations comprising:
providing sensor data from the one or more sensors, the sensor data comprising item information for use in generating a product listing of a first product of the one or more products stored in the one or more lockers;
determining an estimated size of the first product;
automatically adjusting one or more physical components of the one or more lockers based on the estimated size of the first product to enable a seller to reconfigure storage space for the first product in the one or more lockers, the automatically adjusting comprising:
generating instructions for reconfiguring the one or more lockers; and
transmitting the instructions for reconfiguring the one or more lockers to a mobile device associated with the seller of the first product; and

comparing a set of item information input by the seller of the first product with the item information captured by the one or more sensors of the one or more lockers.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the operations further comprise:
accessing information associated with a buyer of the first product purchased from the product listing; and
generating access code information for the buyer to enable access to a locker storing the first product.

3. The system of claim 2 further comprising:
a transmitter coupled to the one or more processors and configured to transmit the access code information to the buyer;
the operations further comprising:
accepting the access code information inputted from the buyer; and
opening the locker storing the product in response to receiving the access code information.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical components comprise at least one of floor and wall panels dividing locker spaces of the one or more lockers, or door panels, further comprising operations for:
measuring, using the one or more sensors of the system, product dimensions of the first product; and
comparing the product dimensions to listed product descriptions to detect a fake product.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more lockers include adjustable door panels configured to be unhinged and attached to other door panels to form a single larger door panel of a larger locker space, further comprising operations for using facial recognition of the system to identify the seller or a buyer associated with the product listing.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
recording a packaging quality of the first product stored in the locker; and
generating a rating of the seller based on the recorded packaging quality of the first product stored in the locker.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising operations for:
determining that identifying information about a user associated with a locker transaction has not been previously stored;
in response to determining that the identifying information about the user has not been previously stored, recording facial recognition information of the user; and
associating the recorded facial recognition information of the user with the locker transaction.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
generating and initiating publication of the product listing of the first product stored in the locker via a network interface device; and
facilitating a sale of the first product stored in the locker via the product listing and the sensor data.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the generating the product listing of the first product stored in the locker includes recording one or more images of the first product stored in the locker; and
transmitting the one or more images in response to a request received via a marketplace system.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
selecting some of the one or more lockers to be used as a backdrop to capture an image of a product;
adding the backdrop within walls of the selected some of the lockers to create a quality presentation space;
capturing an image of the first product placed within the walls of a given locker of the selected some of the lockers, the image including the backdrop; and
generating the product listing for the first product using the captured image.

11. A method comprising:
storing one or more products within a system of one or more lockers, the one or more lockers comprising one or more sensors;
capturing sensor data associated with the one or more products using the one or more sensors;
determining an estimated size of the one or more products; and
automatically adjusting one or more physical components of the one or more lockers based on the estimated size of the one or more products to enable a seller to reconfigure storage space for the one or more products in the one or more lockers, the automatically adjusting comprising:
generating instructions for reconfiguring the one or more lockers; and
transmitting the instructions for reconfiguring the one or more lockers to a mobile device associated with the seller of a first product of the one or more products; and

comparing a set of item information input by the seller of the first product with item information captured by the one or more sensors of the one or more lockers;
automatically generating one or more product listings for corresponding products of the one or more products stored within the one or more lockers using the sensor data; and
automatically initiating transmission of the one or more product listings to a server device in response to storage of the one or more products and capturing of the sensor data.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:
accessing information associated with a buyer of the first product of the one or more products within the system of the one or more lockers purchased from the one or more product listings; and
generating access code information for the buyer to enable access to a locker storing the first product.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:
transmitting, via a transmitter coupled to the one or more locker; the access code information to the buyer;
accepting the access code information inputted from the buyer; and
opening the locker storing the product in response to receiving the access code information.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising:
measuring, using the one or more sensors of the system, product dimensions of the one or more products; and
comparing the product dimensions to listed product descriptions to detect a fake product.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
selecting some of the one or more lockers to be used as a backdrop to capture an image of a product;
adding the backdrop within walls of the selected some of the lockers to create a quality presentation space;
capturing an image of the first product placed within the walls of a given locker of the selected some of the lockers, the image including the backdrop; and
generating a product listing for the first product using the captured image.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a system of adjustable lockers, cause the system of adjustable lockers to perform operations comprising:
receiving and storing one or more products within one or more lockers of the system of adjustable l

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Lenahan Michael George
• Chung Chahn
• Sandoval Myra
• Mitchell Ben Lucas
• Suglian Timothy Sean

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0623

  by investigating goods or services · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title

• G06Q30/0282

  Rating or review of business operators or products · CPC title