Multiple product identification assistance in an electronic marketplace application
A system and method for obtaining relevant information for identifying items that are being listed for sale via electronic marketplace applications. More specifically, the systems and methods relate to obtaining relevant attribute values and/or information for a plurality of items at relatively the same time. In aspects, the systems and methods involve receiving an electronic file or folder having a plurality of electronic representations of each of the items. The electronic file or folder is then parsed to separate the different items for identification. Once separated, the system and methods involve sending the separate items to an identification service and retrieving the separate information for each item and returned to the requesting device.
1. A system, the system comprising:
a processor; and
memory including instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a marketplace application server, an electronic container, the electronic container storing electronic representations of respective items of a plurality of items;
parsing, based on an electronic delimiter that separates the electronic representations of the respective items and by a parse module of the marketplace application server, the electronic representations stored in the electronic container to individually identify the respective items of the plurality of items stored in the electronic container, wherein two or more electronic representations that fall between delimiters are associated with respective perspectives of a same item;
assigning, by an identification module of the marketplace application server, respective unique identifiers to the plurality of items based on individually identifying the respective items of the plurality of items;
accessing, by the marketplace application server, a database to obtain respective attribute values for the respective items of the plurality of items, the database including attribute information corresponding to at least the plurality of items;
storing, by the marketplace application server, for the respective items of the plurality of items, and at a second database, the respective unique identifiers and the respective attribute values; and
automatically populating, by the marketplace application server in a user interface, one or more fields of a listing for sale of at least one item of the plurality of items based on accessing the second database to obtain a unique identifier and one or more attribute values associated with the at least one item.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic container is a single electronic file.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic container is a single folder.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic container is a single electronic file and wherein the electronic representations of the respective items are electronic images.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
providing the respective attribute values for the respective items of the plurality of items in a spreadsheet formatted file.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, via the user interface, user input that indicates attribute identifiers corresponding to at least one attribute value of the respective attribute values for the respective items.
7. A method, the method comprising:
receiving, by a marketplace application server, an electronic container, the electronic container storing electronic representations of respective items of a plurality of items;
parsing, based on an electronic delimiter that separates the electronic representations of the respective items and by a parse module of the marketplace application server, the electronic representations stored in the electronic container to individually identify the respective items of the plurality of items stored in the electronic container, wherein two or more electronic representations that fall between delimiters are associated with respective perspectives of a same item;
assigning, by an identification module of the marketplace application server, respective unique identifiers to the plurality of items based on individually identifying the respective items of the plurality of items;
accessing, by the marketplace application server, a database to obtain respective attribute values for the respective items of the plurality of items, the database including attribute information corresponding to at least the plurality of items;
storing, by the marketplace application server, for the respective items of the plurality of items, and at a second database, the respective unique identifiers and the respective attribute values; and
automatically populating, by the marketplace application server in a user interface, one or more fields of a listing for sale of at least one item of the plurality of items based on accessing the second database to obtain a unique identifier and one or more attribute values associated with the at least one item.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the electronic container is a single electronic file.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the electronic container is a single folder.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the electronic container is a single electronic file and wherein the electronic representations of the respective items are electronic images.
11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
providing the respective attribute values for the respective items of the plurality of items in a spreadsheet formatted file.
12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving user-defined attribute value identifiers, wherein the respective attribute values are related to the user-defined attribute value identifiers.
13. A computer storage medium encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
receiving, by a marketplace application server, an electronic container, the electronic container storing electronic representations of respective items of a plurality of items;
parsing, based on an electronic delimiter that separates the electronic representations of the respective items and by a parse module of the marketplace application server, the electronic representations stored in the electronic container to individually identify the respective items of the plurality of items stored in the electronic container, wherein two or more electronic representations that fall between delimiters are associated with respective perspectives of a same item;
assigning, by an identification module of the marketplace application server, respective unique identifiers to the plurality of items based on individually identifying the respective items of the plurality of items;
accessing, by the marketplace application server, a database to obtain respective attribute values for the respective items of the plurality of items, the database including attribute information corresponding to at least the plurality of items;
storing, by the marketplace application server, for the respective items of the plurality of items, and at a second database, the respective unique identifiers and the respective attribute values; and
automatically populating, by the marketplace application server in a user interface, one or more fields of a listing for sale of at least one item of the plurality of items based on accessing the second database to obtain a unique identifier and one or more attribute values associated with the at least one item.
14. The computer storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the electronic container is an electronic file and the electronic representations of the respective items of the plurality of items are images.
15. The computer storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the electronic container is an electronic folder.
16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic delimiter includes an amount of whitespace.
17. The method of claim 7 , wherein the electronic delimiter includes an amount of whitespace.
18. The computer storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the electronic delimiter includes an amount of whitespace.
19. The system of claim 6 , wherein:
the attribute identifiers comprise one or more of a price information attribute identifier associated with the plurality of items or a condition attribute identifier associated with the plurality of items; and
the at least one attribute value comprises one or more of a price value corresponding to the price information attribute identifier or a condition value corresponding to the condition attribute identifier.
20. The system of claim 19 , and wherein the one or more fields of the listing for sale of the at least one item comprise a name field, a price field, or a condition field.