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US 12,493,905 · App. 18/437,052 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Methods and systems for reducing item selection error in an e-commerce environment

Inventors: Xiao Xiao Liu (Shanghai, CN); Erin Louise Delacroix (Vallejo, CA); Elizabeth Dobbin (San Francisco, CA); Hema Budaraju (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee: eBay Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,493,905
App. No.
18/437,052
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems for displaying, to a user interface, categories of items for the user to select from for querying the system, in order to enable the system to return to the user images of items of the type desired by the user for possible purchase. The items categories of items can be presented to the user interface visually in silhouette form so that the user can select brand and the silhouette image of the type of item desired. Upon selection of the silhouette image, a query is sent to the system and images of the desired type of item are returned to the user interface for presentation to the user, along with certain attributes of the items.

Claims (55)

1 . A computer implemented method, the method comprising:

causing, by a processor, display of a user interface at a client device;

receiving, by the processor and via the user interface, user input to select a product category;

responsive to the user input to select the product category, causing, by the processor, display of a plurality of selectable brands and a plurality of selectable images for the product category in the user interface, wherein each brand of the plurality of selectable brands represents a respective brand of products within the product category, and wherein each of the plurality of selectable images visually represents one of a plurality of product styles within the product category;

receiving, by the processor and via the user interface, a first selection of one of the plurality of selectable brands representing a respective brand and a second selection of one of the plurality of selectable images representing a product style; and

responsive to the first selection and the second selection, causing, by the processor, display of one or more product listings associated with the selected brand and the selected product style in the user interface.

2 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting, by the processor, a mouseover or hover associated with at least one of the plurality of selectable images; and

causing, by the processor, display of a text description of the at least one of the plurality of product styles in response to detecting the mouseover or the hover.

3 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting, by the processor, selection of a product listing from the one or more product listings; and

responsive to detecting, by the processor, selection of the product listing from the one or more product listings, enabling, by the processor, purchase of a given product corresponding to the selected product listing.

4 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of selectable images each comprise a silhouette image of a respective product style within the product category.

5 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of selectable images are mapped to a textual information usable to query a database to locate the one or more product listings.

6 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more product listings include one or more images of a respective product associated with the selected brand and the selected product style.

7 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a third selection of a different one of the plurality of selectable images representing a different product style; and

responsive to the third selection causing, by the processor, display of one or more different product listings associated with the selected brand and the different selected product style in the user interface.

8 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a third selection of a different one of the plurality of selectable brands representing a different brand; and

responsive to the third selection, causing, by the processor, display of one or more different product listings associated with the selected different brand and the selected product style in the user interface.

9 . A system comprising:

at least one hardware processor; and

a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

causing display of a user interface at a client device;

receiving, via the user interface, user input to select a product category;

responsive to the user input to select the product category, causing display of a plurality of selectable brands and a plurality of selectable images for the product category in the user interface, wherein each brand of the plurality of selectable brands represents a respective brand of products within the product category, and wherein each of the plurality of selectable images visually represents one of a plurality of product styles within the product category;

receiving, via the user interface, a first selection of one of the plurality of selectable brands representing a respective brand and a second selection of one of the plurality of selectable images representing a product style; and

responsive to the first selection and the second selection, causing display of one or more product listings associated with the selected brand and the selected product style in the user interface.

10 . The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

detecting a mouseover or hover associated with at least one of the plurality of selectable images; and

causing display of a text description of the at least one of the plurality of product styles in response to detecting the mouseover or the hover.

11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of selectable images each comprise a silhouette image of a respective product style within the product category.

12 . The system of claim 9 , wherein each of the one or more product listings include one or more images of a respective product associated with the selected brand and the selected product style.

13 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a third selection of a different one of the plurality of selectable images representing a different product style; and

responsive to the third selection causing display of one or more different product listings associated with the selected brand and the different selected product style in the user interface.

14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a third selection of a different one of the plurality of selectable brands representing a different brand; and

responsive to the third selection, causing display of one or more different product listings associated with the selected different brand and the selected product style in the user interface.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one hardware processor, cause a system to perform operations comprising:

causing display of a user interface at a client device;

receiving, via the user interface, user input to select a product category;

responsive to the user input to select the product category, causing display of a plurality of selectable brands and a plurality of selectable images for the product category in the user interface, wherein each brand of the plurality of selectable brands represents a respective brand of products within the product category, and wherein each of the plurality of selectable images visually represents one of a plurality of product styles within the product category;

receiving, via the user interface, a first selection of one of the plurality of selectable brands representing a respective brand and a second selection of one of the plurality of selectable images representing a product style; and

responsive to the first selection and the second selection, causing display of one or more product listings associated with the selected brand and the selected product style in the user interface.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of selectable images each comprise a silhouette image of a respective product style within the product category.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of selectable images are mapped to a textual information usable to query a database to locate the one or more product listings.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein each of the one or more product listings include one or more images of a respective product associated with the selected brand and the selected product style.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a third selection of a different one of the plurality of selectable images representing a different product style; and

responsive to the third selection causing display of one or more different product listings associated with the selected brand and the different selected product style in the user interface.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a third selection of a different one of the plurality of selectable brands representing a different brand; and

responsive to the third selection, causing display of one or more different product listings associated with the selected different brand and the selected product style in the user interface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: LIU, XIAO XIAO; DELACROIX, ERIN LOUISE; DOBBIN, ELIZABETH; BUDARAJU, HEMA
To: EBAY INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 17565307 · Dec 29, 2021
Continuation 15655003 · Jul 20, 2017
Continuation 12749467 · Mar 29, 2010
Related Publication 20240185321A1 · Jun 6, 2024
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