Interactive item filtering using images

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9489400-B1
Application number	US-201414304607-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 13, 2014
Priority date	Jun 13, 2014
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for generating one or more user interfaces that enable filtering of the contents of a collection of items based on user interaction with item images. For example, an initial configuration can be generated including image thumbnails corresponding to each of a number of items. One or more of the thumbnails may be selected by a user to indicate a desired filter range. When a user interacts with the thumbnails, for example, by selecting a thumbnail or range of thumbnails, the initial configuration and/or an associated collection of items for presentation may be updated to present images of items in the selected filter range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for interactively filtering a plurality of items for presentation, the system comprising:
an electronic data store configured to at least store a plurality of images, each image of the plurality of images associated with an item of a plurality of items; and
a computing system comprising one or more hardware computing devices executing specific computer-executable instructions, said computing system in communication with the electronic data store, and configured to at least:
retrieve a first set of images from the plurality of images for presentation, each image of the first set of images associated with an item from a first set of items;
determine a first sorted order for the first set of images relative to a first attribute type, wherein the first sorted order is determined based at least in part on a respective attribute value of the first attribute type for each item of the first set of items;
generate a presentation configuration comprising the first set of images in the first sorted order;
detect an indication of user input with respect to the presentation configuration, wherein the user input corresponds to a range selection of a start image and an end image;
in response to the detected indication, determine a second set of items, from the plurality of items, based at least in part on the range selection of the start image and the end image, wherein determining the second set of items further comprises:
determining an additional item, from the plurality of items, having an attribute value between respective attribute values associated with the start image and the end image and not having an associated image included in the first set of images;

determine a second set of images for presentation, each image of the second set of images corresponding to an item from the second set of items, the second set of images including an image corresponding to the additional item; and
update the presentation configuration to only include the second set of images.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing system is further configured to at least:
detect a second indication of second user input with respect to the presentation configuration, wherein the second user input corresponds to a range selection of a second start image and a second end image;
in response to the second detected indication, determine a second subset of the plurality of images based at least in part on the range selection of the second start image and the second end image; and
update the presentation configuration to include only the second subset of the plurality of images.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing system is further configured to at least:
determine a plurality of label markers, each label marker of the plurality of label markers identifying an attribute value associated with an image of the plurality of images; and
update the presentation configuration to include the plurality of label markers.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing system is further configured to at least:
update the presentation configuration to include the plurality of images in the first sorted order in response to an indication of a user request to undo the range selection corresponding to the start image and the end image.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the presentation configuration comprises at least one cropped representation image.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one attribute value of the first attribute type is calculated dynamically.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:
as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,
determining a first set of items, from a plurality of items, to include in a presentation configuration;
determining a first sorted order for the first set of items relative to a first attribute type, wherein the first sorted order is determined based at least in part on a respective attribute value of the first attribute type for each item of the first set of items;
determining a first set of images for presentation, each image of the first set of images corresponding to an item from the first set of items;
generating the presentation configuration comprising the first set of images according to the first sorted order;
detecting a first indication of user input with respect to the presentation configuration, wherein the user input corresponds to a range selection of a first start image and a first end image from the first set of images;
in response to the first detected indication, determining a second set of items, from the plurality of items, based at least in part on the range selection of the first start image and the first end image, wherein determining the second set of items further comprises:
determining an additional item, from the plurality of items, having an attribute value between respective attribute values associated with the first start image and the first end image and not having an associated image included in the first set of image;

determining a second set of images for presentation, each image of the second set of images corresponding to an item from the second set of items, the second set of images including an image corresponding to the additional item; and
updating the presentation configuration to only include the second set of images.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:
detecting a second indication of second user input with respect to the presentation configuration, wherein the second user input corresponds to a range selection of a second start image and a second end image from the second set of images;
in response to the second detected indication, determining a third set of items, from the plurality of items, based at least in part on the range selection of the second start image and the second end image, wherein the third set of items has less items than the second set of items;
determining a third set of images for presentation, each image of the third set of images corresponding to an item from the third set of items; and
updating the presentation configuration to only include the third set of the images.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising:
determining a plurality of label markers, each label marker of the plurality of label markers associated with an image of the first set of images; and
updating the presentation configuration to include the plurality of label markers.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
updating the presentation configuration to include the second set of images in response to an indication of a user request to undo the range selection corresponding to the second start image and the second end image.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein determining a first set of images for presentation includes selecting representative images based at least in part on the first sorted order.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the presentation configuration comprises at least one cropped representation image.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein updating the presentation configuration further comprises updating an item display area corresponding to the second set of images.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein updating the presentation configuration further comprises expanding the second set of images to a width of a display area.

15. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more com

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Haitani Robert Yuji

Classifications

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