Time-decay analysis of a photo collection for automated item listing generation

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

storing image data in non-transitory memory of a computing device;

identifying, using the at least one processor of the computing device executing instructions at a predetermined time interval, a first item represented in the image data as a first image;

determining the first item is associated with a first category from a hierarchy of categories;

identifying a filtered set of listings associated with the first category based in part on a number of sales associated with listings in the first category that occurred over a pre-defined period of time;

determining a discounted number of sales by applying a decay formula to the number of sales;

generating a request for publishing a first listing of the first item in a network-based publication system, the first listing including a price estimate for the first item determined based on an average sale price of the filtered set of listings determined based on the discounted number of sales; and

causing display, by the computing device, of a user interface including the request and a selectable user interface element corresponding to a question, the selectable user interface element including options associated with whether the first image represents the first item.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise

automatically classifying the first item as being in a first category, wherein the classifying the first item is being performed by utilizing an image recognition technology.

3. The system of claim 2 ,

wherein the automatically classifying the first item further includes automatically selecting the first category from a plurality of categories, wherein the plurality of categories is being utilized by the network-based publication system, wherein the plurality of categories is arranged as a hierarchy of categories.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise

identifying, using the at least one processor of the computing device executing instructions at the predetermined time interval, a second item represented in the image data as a second image.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the second item is bar code information, wherein the bar code information includes a bar code, wherein the bar code is a Universal Product Code (UPC), wherein the UPC is being utilized to generate a description of the first item.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the UPC is being utilized to identify a first product and further comprising displaying message information on a video display electronically coupled to the computing device, the message information including a question asking whether the first image represents the first product.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise batch uploading the first image and a second image to the network-based publication system.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device includes a camera, wherein the camera is utilized to capture the image data, wherein the image data includes a still photograph and a moving image.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise communicating the request for publishing the first listing of the first item to the network-based publication system.

10. A method, comprising:

storing image data in non-transitory memory of a computing device;

identifying, using at least one processor of the computing device executing instructions at a predetermined time interval, a first item represented in the image data as a first image;

determining the first item is associated with a first category from a hierarchy of categories;

identifying a filtered set of listings associated with the first category based in part on a number of sales associated with listings in the first category that occurred over a pre-defined period of time;

determining a discounted number of sales by applying a decay formula to the number of sales;

generating a request for publishing a first listing of the first item in a network-based publication system, the first listing including a price estimate for the first item determined based on an average sale price of the filtered set of listings determined based on the discounted number of sales; and

causing display, by the computing device, of a user interface including the request and a selectable user interface element corresponding to a question, the selectable user interface element including options associated with whether the first image represents the first item.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising automatically classifying the first item as being in a first category, wherein the classifying the first item is being performed by utilizing an image recognition technology.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the automatically classifying the first item further includes automatically selecting the first category from a plurality of categories, wherein the plurality of categories is being utilized by the network-based publication system, wherein the plurality of categories is arranged as a hierarchy of categories.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising identifying, using the at least one processor of the computing device executing instructions at the predetermined time interval, a second item represented in the image data as a second image.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second item is bar code information, wherein the bar code information includes a bar code, wherein the bar code is a Universal Product Code (UPC), wherein the UPC is being utilized to generate a description of the first item.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the UPC is being utilized to identify a first product and further comprising displaying message information on a video display electronically coupled to the computing device, the message information including a question asking whether the first image represents the first product.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising batch uploading the first image and a second image to the network-based publication system.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the computing device includes a camera, wherein the camera is utilized to capture the image data, wherein the image data includes a still photograph and a moving image.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising communicating the request for publishing the first listing of the first item to the network-based publication system.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

storing image data in non-transitory memory of a computing device;

identifying, at a predetermined time interval, a first item represented in the image data as a first image;

determining the first item is associated with a first category from a hierarchy of categories;

identifying a filtered set of listings associated with the first category based in part on a number of sales associated with listings in the first category that occurred over a pre-defined period of time;

determining a discounted number of sales by applying a decay formula to the number of sales;

generating a request for publishing a first listing of the first item in a network-based publication system, the first listing including a price estimate for the first item determined based on an average sale price of the filtered set of listings determined based on the discounted number of sales; and

causing display, by the computing device, of a user interface including the request and a selectable user interface element corresponding to a question, the selectable user interface element including options associated with whether the first image represents the first item.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise automatically classifying the first item as being in a first category, wherein the classifying is performed by utilizing an image recognition technology.