# US 10,872,364 B2 · Building containers of uncategorized items > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,872,364 B2 - Document ID: US10872364B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/830,505 - Filed: 2017-12-04 - Published: 2018-03-29 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-14 - Assignees: eBay Inc. - Applicants: eBay Inc. - Inventors: Sanjay Pundlkrao Ghatare; Praveen K. Jayaraman; Sandip Namdeo Gaikwad; Ashit Jain; Joseph Anthony Beynon; Suhail Ansari; Hugh Evan Williams; Niteen Bhat - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872364B2 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0603: {Catalogue creation or management} - G06F 16/248: Presentation of query results - G06F 16/951: Indexing; Web crawling techniques - G06F 16/953: Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G06Q 30/0623: {by investigating goods or services} - G06Q 30/0625: {by formulating product or service queries, e.g. using keywords or predefined options} - G06Q 30/0641: {utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping} - G06Q 30/08: Auctions - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Methods and systems to build containers of uncategorized items are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems collect information from titles of items available for purchase within a network-based publication system, generate a title for a container of uncategorized items available for purchase within the network-based publication system that is based on the collected information, and associate two or more uncategorized items available for purchase within the network-based publication system to the container based on a comparison of titles of the two or more uncategorized items and the generated title for the container of uncategorized items. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: one or more processors; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for diversifying search results by selectively compressing a result set, the operations comprising: receiving a search query including one or more keywords from a computing device; collecting information from titles of publications represented within a network-based publication system; based on the collected information and the one or more keywords, generating a title for a container of uncategorized publications within the network-based publication system; based on the title for the container, associating two or more uncategorized publications with the container; based on the one or more keywords, identifying a plurality of publication information representing a plurality of categorized publications; and generating at least a portion of a webpage containing publication information for one or more of the plurality of categorized publications and a publication page for the container, the publication page including descriptions of the two or more uncategorized publications and compressing display of publication information of the two or more uncategorized publications within the publication page of the container, the generating comprising causing the at least a portion of the webpage to be displayed within a user interface of the computing device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the publication page includes a plurality of graphical elements, each uncategorized publication of the two or more uncategorized publications being associated with at least one graphical element of the plurality of graphical elements. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein generating the portion of the webpage further comprises: identifying a featured uncategorized publication of the two or more uncategorized publications; and generating at least one graphical element within the publication page representative of the featured uncategorized publication. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise: generating a set of graphical elements, each graphical element of the set of graphical elements associated with an uncategorized publication of the two or more uncategorized publications unselected as the featured uncategorized publication. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise: generating a set of user selectable elements within the at least one graphical element representative of the featured uncategorized publication, the set of user selectable elements configured to provide interactions with the featured uncategorized publication. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise: generating a graphical element representative of a plurality of uncategorized publications unselected as the featured uncategorized publication, the graphical element being user selectable to display additional information for the plurality of uncategorized publications. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, generating the portion of the webpage further comprises: identifying one or more uncategorized publications within the container, the one or more uncategorized publications identified based on the one or more keywords; and generating a graphical element for the publication page of the container, the publication page compressing display of the publication information of the one or more uncategorized publications and the graphical element displaying information associated with the container. ### Claim 8 A method for diversifying search results by selectively compressing a result set, comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a search query including one or more keywords from a computing device; collecting, by the one or more processors, information from titles of publications represented within a network-based publication system; based on the collected information and the one or more keywords, generating, by the one or more processors, a title for a container of uncategorized publications within the network-based publication system; based on the title for the container, associating, by the one or more processors, two or more uncategorized publications with the container; based on the one or more keywords, identifying, by the one or more processors, a plurality of publication information representing a plurality of categorized publications; and generating, by the one or more processors, at least a portion of a webpage containing publication information for one or more of the plurality of categorized publications and a publication page for the container, the publication page including descriptions of the two or more uncategorized publications and compressing display of publication information of the two or more uncategorized publications within the publication page of the container, the generating comprising causing the at least a portion of the webpage to be displayed within a user interface of the computing device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the publication page includes a plurality of graphical elements, each uncategorized publication of the two or more uncategorized publications being associated with at least one graphical element of the plurality of graphical elements. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein generating the portion of the webpage further comprises: identifying a featured uncategorized publication of the two or more uncategorized publications; and generating at least one graphical element within the publication page representative of the featured uncategorized publication. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: generating a set of graphical elements, each graphical element of the set of graphical elements associated with an uncategorized publication of the two or more uncategorized publications unselected as the featured uncategorized publication. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: generating a set of user selectable elements within the at least one graphical element representative of the featured uncategorized publication, the set of user selectable elements configured to provide interactions with the featured uncategorized publication. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: generating a graphical element representative of a plurality of uncategorized publications unselected as the featured uncategorized publication, the graphical element being user selectable to display additional information for the plurality of uncategorized publications. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein generating the portion of the webpage further comprises: identifying one or more uncategorized publications within the container, the one or more uncategorized publications identified based on the one or more keywords; and generating a graphical element for the publication page of the container, the publication page compressing display of the publication information of the one or more uncategorized publications and the graphical element displaying information associated with the container. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations for diversifying search results by selectively compressing a result set, the operations comprising: receiving a search query including one or more keywords from a computing device; collecting information from titles of publications represented within a network-based publication system; based on the collected information and the one or more keywords, generating a title for a container of uncategorized publications within the network-based publication system; based on the title for the container, associating two or more uncategorized publications with the container; based on the one or more keywords, identifying a plurality of publication information representing a plurality of categorized publications; and generating at least a portion of a webpage containing publication information for one or more of the plurality of categorized publications and a publication page for the container, the publication page including descriptions of the two or more uncategorized publications and compressing display of publication information of the two or more uncategorized publications within the publication page of the container, the generating comprising causing the at least a portion of the webpage to be displayed within a user interface of the computing device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the publication page includes a plurality of graphical elements, each uncategorized publication of the two or more uncategorized publications being associated with at least one graphical element of the plurality of graphical elements. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein generating the portion of the webpage further comprises: identifying a featured uncategorized publication of the two or more uncategorized publications; and generating at least one graphical element within the publication page representative of the featured uncategorized publication. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise: generating a set of graphical elements, each graphical element of the set of graphical elements associated with an uncategorized publication of the two or more uncategorized publications unselected as the featured uncategorized publication. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise: generating a graphical element representative of a plurality of uncategorized publications unselected as the featured uncategorized publication, the graphical element being user selectable to display additional information for the plurality of uncategorized publications. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, generating the portion of the webpage further comprises: identifying one or more uncategorized publications within the container, the one or more uncategorized publications identified based on the one or more keywords; and generating a graphical element for the publication page of the container, the publication page compressing display of the publication information of the one or more uncategorized publications and the graphical element displaying information associated with the container.