Auto Posting System
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsAndrew CHALKLEY, Robinson PIRAMUTHU, Bindia SARAF, Qiaosong WANG
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Abstract
The disclosed technologies include a robotic selling assistant that receives an item from a seller, automatically generates a posting describing the item for sale, stores the item until it is sold, and delivers or sends the item out for delivery. The item is placed in a compartment that uses one or more sensors to identify the item, retrieve supplemental information about the item, and take pictures of the item for inclusion in the posting. A seller-supplied description of the item may be verified based on the retrieved supplemental information, preventing mislabeled items from being sold.
Claims20
A method implemented by a robotic assistant, the method comprising:
- receiving an item in a posting compartment;
- identifying the item with one or more image-based sensors;
- retrieving supplemental information about the item, wherein the supplemental information can identify a size and shape of the item and at least one performance specification;
- generating image data of the item from one or more cameras, wherein an angle, zoom level, and a distance of the one or more cameras in relation to the item to generate the image data are based on the size and the shape of the item;
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- generating a posting for the item, the posting comprising the image data and the supplemental information.
A method implemented by a robotic assistant, the method comprising:
- receiving an item in a posting compartment;
- identifying the item with one or more image-based sensors of the posting compartment;
- determining attributes of the item via measurements generated by the posting compartment;
- receiving supplemental information about the item;
- deriving shipping information for the item based on the attributes and the supplemental information;
- and
- generating a posting for the item, the posting including the shipping information.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- receive an indication that an item was placed in a posting compartment of a robotic assistant;
- identify the item with one or more image-based sensors;
- retrieve supplemental information about the item, wherein the supplemental information includes one or more materials that the item is made of;
- determine a condition of the item with the one or more image-based sensors in the posting compartment and based on the one or more materials the item made of;
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- generate a posting for the item, the posting describing the condition of the item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.