Intelligent highlighting of item listing features

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016342288-A1
Application number	US-201514985018-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	May 19, 2015
Publication date	Nov 24, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods of highlighting item listing features are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a request to display a first item listing on a computing device of a user is detected, with the first item listing having a plurality of features, and at least one feature from the plurality of features is selected based on user information associated with the user, in response to the detecting the request. The selected feature(s) is caused to be highlighted in a display of the first item listing on the computing device, with the highlighting of the selected feature(s) comprising at least one of displaying the selected feature(s) instead of the unselected ones of the plurality of features and applying a visual effect to the selected feature(s), with the application of the visual effect being distinct from a presentation of the unselected ones of the plurality of features.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
at least one processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
detecting a request to display a first item listing on a computing device of a user, the first item listing having a plurality of features;
selecting at least one feature from the plurality of features based on user information associated with the user, in response to the detecting the request; and
causing, based on the selecting at least one feature, the selected at least one feature to be highlighted in a display of the first item listing on the computing device, the highlighting of the selected at least one feature comprising at least one of displaying the selected at least one feature instead of the unselected ones of the plurality of features and applying a visual effect to the selected at least one feature, the application of the visual effect being distinct from a presentation of the unselected ones of the plurality of features.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the highlighting of the selected at least one feature comprises applying the visual effect to the selected at least one feature, the visual effect comprising at least one of a distinct color, a distinct font, a distinct boldness level, a rectangular graphical element, and a circular graphical element.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user information comprises at least one of a geographic location of the user, an age of the user, a gender of the user, a browsing history of the user, a purchasing history of the user, and a purchasing funnel position corresponding to the request to display the first item listing.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the selecting the at least one feature from the plurality of features is further based on a degree of variance between the selected at least one feature and a corresponding at least one feature of at least one item listing other than the first item listing, the corresponding at least one feature being of the same type as the selected at least one feature.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one item listing other than the first item listing is displayed on the computing device concurrently with the first item listing being displayed on the computing device with the selected at least one feature highlighted.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the at least one item listing other than the first item listing and the first item listing are displayed concurrently on a search results page of an online service.

7 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the at least one item listing other than the first item listing and the first item listing are displayed concurrently in an e-mail message or in a web widget.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the selecting the at least one feature from the plurality of features comprises:
determining corresponding scores for each of the plurality of features using a model; ranking the plurality of features based on their corresponding scores; and selecting the at least one feature based on the ranking.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving user activity information indicating at least one action performed for the first item listing by the user, the at least one action corresponding to the display of the highlighted selected at least one feature; and updating the model based on the received user activity information.

10 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
detecting a request to display a first item listing on a computing device of a user, the first item listing having a plurality of features; selecting, by at least one processor, at least one feature from the plurality of features based on user information associated with the user, in response to the detecting the request; and causing, based on the selecting at least one feature, the selected at least one feature to be highlighted in a display of the first item listing on the computing device, the highlighting of the selected at least one feature comprising at least one of displaying the selected at least one feature instead of the unselected ones of the plurality of features and applying a visual effect to the selected at least one feature, the application of the visual effect being distinct from a presentation of the unselected ones of the plurality of features.

11 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the highlighting of the selected at least one feature comprises applying the visual effect to the selected at least one feature, the visual effect comprising at least one of a distinct color, a distinct font, a distinct boldness level, a rectangular graphical element, and a circular graphical element.

12 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the user information comprises at least one of a geographic location of the user, an age of the user, a gender of the user, a browsing history of the user, a purchasing history of the user, and a purchasing funnel position corresponding to the request to display the first item listing.

13 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the selecting the at least one feature from the plurality of features is further based on a degree of variance between the selected at least one feature and a corresponding at least one feature of at least one item listing other than the first item listing, the corresponding at least one feature being of the same type as the selected at least one feature.

14 . The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one item listing other than the first item listing is displayed on the computing device concurrently with the first item listing being displayed on the computing device with the selected at least one feature highlighted.

15 . The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one item listing other than the first item listing and the first item listing are displayed concurrently on a search results page of an online service.

16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the selecting the at least one feature from the plurality of features comprises:
determining corresponding scores for each of the plurality of features using a model; ranking the plurality of features based on their corresponding scores; and selecting the at least one feature based on the ranking.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , further comprising:
receiving user activity information indicating at least one action performed for the first item listing by the user, the at least one action corresponding to the display of the highlighted selected at least one feature; and updating the model based on the received user activity information.

18 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
detecting a request to display a first item listing on a computing device of a user, the first item listing having a plurality of features; selecting at least one feature from the plurality of features based on user information associated with the user, in response to the detecting the request; and causing, based on the selecting at least one feature, the selected at least one feature to be highlighted in a display of the first item listing on the computing device, the highlighting of the selected at least one feature comprising at least one of displaying

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Konik Tolga
• Fletchall Jason Allen
• Ragipindi Aravind
• Cheung Patrick

Classifications

• G06Q30/0643

  graphically representing goods, e.g. 3D product representation · CPC title

• G06Q30/0631

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06F16/24578

  using ranking · CPC title

• G06Q30/0627 Primary

  by specifying product or service characteristics, e.g. product dimensions · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title