Local product search based on photo sharing service actions
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorJeremiah Joseph Akin
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Abstract
Information about user actions with respect to one or more photos on a photo sharing service may be received. A user intent regarding a first of the one or more photos may be determined. A product in the first of the one or more photos may be identified, and the product may be matched to a further product on a local search service. A local search may be performed on the matched product on the local search service, to locate one or more stores local to a user's current location that have the matched product in stock. The results from the local search may be displayed to a user.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor,
- a memory;
- a geolocation module configured to determine a current location of a user;
- a user intent module configured to:
- retrieve, from a photo sharing system, information about user actions with respect to one or more photos on the photo sharing service;
- and
- determine a user intent about the one or more photos from the user actions;
- a product identification module configured to identify a product depicted in the one or more photos;
- a local search interface configured to
- match the product to a further product on a local search service;
- and
- perform a local search on the matched product on the local search service, to locate one or more stores local to a user's current location that have the matched product in stock;
- and
- a display module configured to display results from the local search to a user.
A method comprising:
- retrieving, from a photo sharing service, information about user actions with respect to one or more photos on the photo sharing service;
- determining a user intent regarding a first of the one or more photos;
- identifying a product in the first of the one or more photos;
- matching the product to a further product on a local search service;
- performing a local search on the matched product on the local search service, to locate one or more stores local to a user's current location that have the matched product in stock;
- and
- displaying results from the local search to a user.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes execution of operations comprising:
- retrieving, from a photo sharing service, information about user actions with respect to one or more photos on the photo sharing service;
- determining a user intent regarding a first of the one or more photos;
- identifying a product in the first of the one or more photos;
- matching the product to a further product on a local search service;
- performing a local search on the matched product on the local search service, to locate one or more stores local to a user's current location that have the matched product in stock;
- and
- displaying results from the local search to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.