System and method for supplementing an image gallery with status indicators

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9406042-B2
Application number	US-55939509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2009
Priority date	Feb 24, 2009
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

In various example embodiments, a system and method to provide status indictors on an image galley is disclosed. At least one item to be displayed in an image gallery on a client device is identified. Once identified, status information for the item is obtained. Subsequently, gallery rendering and display instructions are generated and transmitted to the client device. The rendering and display instructions include the status information and enables generation of status indicators from the status information for display over the image gallery at the client device. The rendering and display instructions may also include instructions for displaying the image gallery. The status information at the client device may be updated as status information changes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to provide graphical status indictors, the method comprising:
receiving an indication, from a user, to display an image gallery having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns that form a two-dimensional matrix of squares that represents a plurality of items available in a network-based marketplace;
in response to receiving the indication to display the image gallery, accessing one or more lists of the plurality of items in an account of the user, the one or more lists including list categories;
identifying the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user, the plurality of items each having a corresponding item image to be displayed in a square of the two-dimensional matrix of the image gallery, the plurality of items including at least items being sold by the user, and items the user is interested in buying;
monitoring status information for the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user;
generating, by a processor of a machine, gallery rendering and display instructions that trigger generation of a plurality of status indicators from the status information to be graphically presented over at least some item images representing the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user;
transmitting the gallery rendering and display instructions to a client device to cause the client device to present the two-dimensional matrix of the image gallery and to present the status indicators over at least some of the item images representing the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user, the plurality of status indicators displayed on the two-dimensional matrix of the image gallery distinguishing the items being sold by the user from the items the user is interested in buying;
receiving an update request from the client device, the update request triggering a determination as to whether the status information pertaining to at least one item of the plurality of items has changed;
determining, in response to receiving the update request, that the status information has changed for the at least one of the plurality of items; and
providing updated status information for the at least one item of the plurality of items to the client device based on a triggering event occurring in a network-based marketplace that affects the at least one item, the updated status information being used to generate a new status indicator for the at least one item, and wherein the triggering event includes receiving an indication of an increased bid amount and a new item being posted within the network-based marketplace.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the list categories include items the user is bidding on, items the user is selling, and items the user is watching.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing, to the client device, updated status information for at least one item of the plurality of items after a predetermined time, the updated status information being used to generate a new status indicator for the at least one item.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the status indicator is to be presented using a popover view of the image gallery.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the status indicator is to be presented by overlaying the status indicator on the item image of the item in the image gallery, the status indicator pertaining to the item in the item image.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing a received image from the client device with an image catalog to determine a matching item; and
associating the matching item with the account of the user.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing a search based on search criteria received from a user at the client device to determine a matching item; and
associating the matching item with the account of the user by adding the matching item to one of the one or more lists.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the status indicator comprises a border on the item image that indicates a status using a color.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring activity related to the item to detect a change in the status information; and
providing an update to the status information for the item based on the detected change, the update being used to generate a new status indicator.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an image of an item and an option to transact from the user, the option to transact indicating that the item in the received image is to be sold;
providing a template pre-populated with attribute data retrieved, at least partially, from other listings in the network-based marketplace that include images depicting similar items;
receiving an updated template that is the template updated with supplemental data regarding the item in the received image; and
updating the image gallery to include the received image of the item being sold by he user.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger event is a new posting of the at least one item that was searched for and not initially found being later posted, the status indicator being updated to indicate the new posting.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing the updated status information based on the triggering event occurring in the marketplace, comprises providing the updated status information based on a higher bid on the at least one item that the user had previously bid on.

13. A system to provide graphical status indictors, the system comprising:
a data exchange module to receive an indication, from a user, to display an image gallery having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns that form a two-dimensional matrix of squares that represents a plurality of items available in a network-based marketplace;
a personalization module to, in response to receiving the indication to display the image gallery, access one or more lists of the plurality of items in an account of the user, the one or more lists including list categories, and to identify the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user, the plurality of items each having a corresponding item image to be displayed in a square of the two-dimensional matrix of the image gallery, the plurality of items including items being sold by the user, and items the user is interested in buying;
a status module to monitor status information for the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user, and provide to the client device updated status information responsive to a triggering event occurring in the network-based marketplace, wherein the triggering event includes receiving an indication of an increased bid amount and a new item being posted within the network-based marketplace;
a format module, comprising a hardware processor, to generate gallery rendering and display instructions that trigger generation of a plurality of status indicators from the status information to be graphically presented over at least some item images representing the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user;
the data exchange module to transmit the gallery rendering and display instructions to a client device to cause the client device to present the two-dimensional matrix of the image gallery and to present the status indicators over at least some of the item images representing the plurality of items from the one or more lists in the account of the user, the plurality of status indicators displayed on the two-dimensional matrix of the image gallery distinguishing the items being sold by the user from the items the us

Assignees

• Melcher Ryan
• Howard Dane
• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Melcher Ryan
• Howard Dane

Classifications

• G06Q30/0603

  Catalogue creation or management · CPC title

• G06Q30/0275

  Auctions · CPC title

• G06Q30/08

  Auctions · CPC title

• G06Q10/10 Primary

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06Q30/0627 Primary

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