System and method to create listings using image and voice recognition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11295362-B2
Application number	US-201916654535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2019
Priority date	Feb 24, 2009
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

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 of an item from a client device;
identifying, using one or more processors of the server system, a similar item from an image catalog based on the image data of the item;
retrieving item attribute information associated with the similar item;
populating a first template with the item attribute information associated with the similar item;
receiving, at the server system modified data from the client device;
constructing a second template by modifying the first template using the modified data; and
generating a listing based on the second template.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modified data includes a verbal description of the item, the verbal description of the item being converted into text data that is used to modify the first template.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, at the server system, voice data from the client device, the voice data including instructions to modify the first template; and
converting the voice data into text data, wherein the constructing the second template by modifying the first template comprises modifying the first template based on the converted text data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the listing includes an electronic publication to a network-based publication system or an electronic advertisement published on a network-based marketplace.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image data is received from a set of listings submitted to the server system by the client device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image data is transmitted from a commercial source, wherein the commercial source includes an item inventory.

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

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the image recognition process comprises:
in response to receiving the image data, matching the image data received from the client device with the item attribute information associated with the similar item in the image catalog;
receiving a verbal description of the item;
in response to receiving the verbal description of the item, converting the verbal description into text data; and
matching the text data with the item attribute information associated with the similar item from the image catalog.

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 one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving image data of an item from a client device;
identifying a similar item from an image catalog based on the image data of the item;
retrieving item attribute information associated with the similar item;
populating a first template with the item attribute information associated with the similar item;
receiving modified data from the client device;
constructing a second template by modifying the first template with the modified data; and
generating a listing based on the second template.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the modified data includes a verbal description of the item, the verbal description of the item being converted into text data that is used to modify the first template.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving voice data from the client device, the voice data including instructions to modify the first template; and
converting the voice data into text data, wherein the constructing the second template by modifying the first template comprises modifying the first template based on the converted text data modify the first template based on the converted text data.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the listing includes an electronic publication to a network-based publication system or an electronic advertisement published on a network-based marketplace.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the image data is received from a set of listings submitted to the system by the client device.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the image data is transmitted from a commercial source, wherein the commercial source includes an item inventory.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the identifying the similar item based on the image data comprises executing image recognition on the image data.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the executing image recognition on the image data comprises:
in response to receiving the image data, matching the image data from the client device with the item attribute information associated with the similar item in the image catalog;
receiving a verbal description of the item;
in response to receiving the verbal description of the item, converting the verbal description into text data; and
matching the text data with the item attribute information associated with the similar item from the image catalog.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving image data of an item from a client device;
identifying a similar item from an image catalog based on the image data of the item;
retrieving item attribute information associated with the similar item;
populating a first template with the item attribute information associated with the similar item;
receiving modified data from the client device;
constructing a second template by modifying the first template with the modified data; and
generating a listing based on the second template.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving voice data from the client device, the voice data including instructions to modify the first template; and
converting the voice data into text data, wherein the constructing the second template by modifying the first template comprises modifying the first template based on the converted text data modify the first template based on the converted text data.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the identifying the similar item based on the image data further comprises executing image recognition on the image data.

20. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the executing image recognition on the image data comprises:
in response to receiving the image data, matching the image data from the client device with the item attribute information associated with the similar item in the image catalog;
receiving a verbal description of the item;
in response to receiving the verbal description of the item, converting the verbal description into text data; and
matching the text data with the item attribute information associated with the similar item depicted by the image data from the image catalog.

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

• G06Q30/0603

  Catalogue creation or management · 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