Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110258528 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVING CHROME FROM A WEB PAGE - A method and system for removing chrome from a web page is provided. An example system includes a parsing module, a text density analyzer, a content node selector | 10-20-2011 |
20130117788 | User Commentary Systems and Methods - Systems and methods that facilitate user commentary are described. In some embodiments, a method receives program content from a content source and identifies data describing the program content. The program content is communicated to a first device for presentation to a user. The data describing the program content is communicated to a second device for presentation to the user substantially simultaneously with the presentation of the program content on the first display device. A user commentary is received from the second device. The user commentary is generated by the user and associated with the program content. | 05-09-2013 |
20130173416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRANSACTIONS IN A DIGITAL MARKETPLACE - In various example embodiments, a system and method for managing transaction in a digital marketplace are provided. In example embodiments, a transaction request involving a digital good is received. A determination as to whether the transaction involves a purchase of the digital good is performed. Based on the transaction involving the purchase of the digital good, a further determination as to whether an overlap in inventory or a related item involving the digital good exists is performed. Based on the overlap in inventory existing, a sub-collection of the inventory is created with which to complete the transaction request. Based on existence of the related item, a combination package including the digital good and the related item is created and offered in response to the transaction request. | 07-04-2013 |
20130262231 | TARGETED INCENTIVE ACTIONS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC LOCALE - Offering an incentive to users of a mobile device based on the number of devices within a geographic locale. The incentive may be one or more incentives that a merchant is willing to offer only if there are a given number of users within a geographic locale. The incentive may be combined with additional incentives determined in various ways. A location identification module may determine the geographic location of mobile devices. An item identification module may identify that a merchant may be willing to offer an incentive only if there are a given number of users within a geographic locale and may identify an item specified by one or more of the given number of users within the geographic locale. An incentive module may transmit an incentive from a merchant who may or may not be within the geographic locale. | 10-03-2013 |
20140104379 | Guided Photography and Video on a Mobile Device - In an example embodiment, an item listing process is run in an item listing application. Upon reaching a specified point in the item listing process, a camera application on the user device is triggered (or the camera directly accessed by the item listing application) to enable a user to capture images using the camera, wherein the triggering includes providing a wireframe overlay informing the user as to an angle at which to capture images from the camera. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108482 | Mobile Trigger Web Workflow - In an example embodiment, actions taken on a web site using one device initiate a workflow on a different device. A main process, including a series of steps, is executed on one user device. When a particular step in the main process is reached, a secondary process is then initiated on another device, such as a mobile device. | 04-17-2014 |
20140279243 | CROWD SOURCING AND MACHINE LEARNING BASED SIZE MAPPER - Embodiments for obtaining size and brand information for a plurality of descriptors that include item types and that are associated with user profiles. The descriptors, size, and brand information are obtained by crowdsourcing and by data mining transaction data. Low confidence machine learned data may be boosted by crowdsourcing through targeted questions. Co-occurrences among descriptors are determined and categorized. Signal strength and confidence scores are calculated for the co-occurrences. Relationships between sizes and brands for the item types are calculated and confidence factors for the relationships are calculated. | 09-18-2014 |
20150178654 | Managed Inventory - Example methods and systems are directed to a managed inventory. A database may store information regarding items owned by a user. The information regarding an item may include a quantity owned and one or more triggering events. Based on the occurrence of a triggering event, an order for the item may be placed without user intervention. Data to the database may be provided by one or more sensors. Triggering events may be defined in terms of sensor data. The triggering event may be defined by a user or through machine learning. The order may be placed using a predetermined modality or a dynamically-determined modality based on one or more criteria, such as price, shipping speed, and the urgency of the order. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178759 | LOYALTY PROGRAM BASED ON TIME SAVINGS - Users of a web site may save time by completing purchases via an electronic network. A transaction completed at least partially online, for example, may require less user time than an alternative transaction that is completed by traveling to a physical store location. A computer system may estimate an amount of time saved by a user for a transaction, relative to an alternative transaction, using various techniques such as estimating an amount of travel time that may be saved. User loyalty accounts may be credited with the estimated amounts of time saved for transactions. Estimated amounts of time saved may be displayed to users, which may encourage additional purchases to be made via a web site or service that supports estimation of time savings for transactions. | 06-25-2015 |