Building containers of uncategorized items

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11734736-B2
Application number	US-202016953078-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2020
Priority date	Aug 14, 2012
Publication date	Aug 22, 2023
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023

Abstract

Methods and systems to build containers of uncategorized items are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems collect information from titles of items available for purchase within a network-based publication system, generate a title for a container of uncategorized items available for purchase within the network-based publication system that is based on the collected information, and associate two or more uncategorized items available for purchase within the network-based publication system to the container based on a comparison of titles of the two or more uncategorized items and the generated title for the container of uncategorized items.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving user input providing listing data that indicates a first item to list in an electronic marketplace and a title for the first item;
generating, by one or more processors, a title for an uncategorized item container and associating the first item with the uncategorized item container based at least in part on the first item being uncategorized in the electronic marketplace and the title for the first item, wherein the title for the uncategorized item container has one or more words in common with the title for the first item;
receiving a search query that is mapped to the title for the uncategorized item container; and
returning a search result indicating the title for the uncategorized item container and comprising the listing data based at least in part on the search query being mapped to the title for the uncategorized item container.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein returning the search result further comprises:
returning the search result comprising an additional listing from the electronic marketplace that is mapped to the uncategorized item container.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein returning the search result further comprises:
returning the search result comprising the additional listing that is mapped to the uncategorized item container based at least in part on a number of keywords in a title of the additional listing satisfying a threshold value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein returning the search result further comprises:
returning the search result comprising product description information for one or more items in the uncategorized item container that comprises at least the listing data for the first item.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein returning the search result further comprises:
returning the search result comprising the product description information that comprises an item title for each of the one or more items, a price for each of the one or more items, a condition for each of the one or more items, a number of items associated with the uncategorized item container, or a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a plurality of search queries for one or more items associated with the uncategorized item container, wherein the title for the uncategorized item container is generated based at least in part on the plurality of search queries.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein generating the title further comprises:
generating the title for the uncategorized item container based at least in part on one or more keywords in one or more of the plurality of search queries.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein returning the search result further comprises:
returning the search result comprising a categorized item container comprising at least one item categorized into the categorized item container and comprising a display indicator representing the uncategorized item container.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the title comprises:
generating the title generated for the uncategorized item container that is different than existing titles for other containers in the electronic marketplace.

10. A system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to operations comprising:
receiving user input providing listing data that indicates a first item to list in an electronic marketplace and a title for the first item;
generating a title for an uncategorized item container and associating the first item with the uncategorized item container based at least in part on the first item being uncategorized in the electronic marketplace and the title for the first item, wherein the title for the uncategorized item container has one or more words in common with the title for the first item;
receiving a search query that is mapped to the title for the uncategorized item container; and
returning a search result indicating the title for the uncategorized item container and comprising the listing data based at least in part on the search query being mapped to the title for the uncategorized item container.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations for returning the search result further comprise:
returning the search result comprising an additional listing from the electronic marketplace that is mapped to the uncategorized item container.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations for returning the search result further comprise:
returning the search result comprising the additional listing that is mapped to the uncategorized item container based at least in part on a number of keywords in a title of the additional listing satisfying a threshold value.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations for returning the search result further comprise:
returning the search result comprising product description information for one or more items in the uncategorized item container that comprises at least the listing data for the first item.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the operations for returning the search result further comprise:
returning the search result comprising the product description information that comprises an item title for each of the one or more items, a price for each of the one or more items, a condition for each of the one or more items, a number of items associated with the uncategorized item container, or a combination thereof.

15. The system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
receiving a plurality of search queries for one or more items associated with the uncategorized item container, wherein the title for the uncategorized item container is generated based at least in part on the plurality of search queries.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the operations for generating the title further comprise:
generating the title for the uncategorized item container based at least in part on one or more keywords in one or more of the plurality of search queries.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations for returning the search result further comprise:
returning the search result comprising a categorized item container comprising at least one item categorized into the categorized item container and comprising a display indicator representing the uncategorized item container.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations for generating the title comprise:
generating the title generated for the uncategorized item container that is different than existing titles for other containers in the electronic marketplace.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving user input providing listing data that indicates a first item to list in an electronic marketplace and a title for the first item;
generating a title for an uncategorized item container and associating the first item with the uncategorized item container based at least in part on the first item being uncategorized in the electronic marketplace and the title for the first item, wherein the title for the uncategorized item container has one or more words in common with the title for the first item;
receiving a search query that is mapped to the title for t

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Ghatare Sanjay Pundlkrao
• Jayaraman Praveen K
• Gaikwad Sandip Namdeo
• Jain Ashit
• Beynon Joseph Anthony
• Ansari Suhail
• Williams Hugh Evan
• Bhat Niteen

Classifications

• G06Q30/0603 Primary

  Catalogue creation or management · CPC title

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/951

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• G06Q10/087

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

• G06Q30/0623

  by investigating goods or services · CPC title