Systems and Methods for Obtaining Automated Images in a Live Video Event
AssigneeWhatnot, Inc.
InventorsAlex Chase, Benjamin L. Brodie
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Abstract
Systems and methods for implementing improvements to “live events,” via which a host of the event may offer one or more items to one or more guests in the event (e.g., via auction, via direct purchase, and/or via giveaway). In particular, the host device may automatically capture and/or upload one or more images of the item(s) to one or more servers for processing. The one or more servers in turn may use the processed image to populate the host's item inventory listings, item profiles, packaging labels, etc. for access and display to the host and/or guests.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- providing, via a display of a first client computing device of a first user, one or more graphical user interfaces to facilitate respective offerings of one or more items by the first user to one or more second users at respective ones of a second plurality of client computing devices;
- receiving, via the one or more graphical user interfaces presented at the display of the first client computing device, one or more user interactions to initiate a first offering of a first item from among the one or more items;
- automatically capturing, via a camera unit of the first client computing device, a first still image associated with the first item, wherein automatically capturing the first still image is performed preceding, concurrent, or subsequent to receiving the one or more user interactions to initiate the first offering of the first item;
- and
- transmitting, via one or more processors of the first client computing device, the first still image to one or more servers.
A first client computing device of a first user comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a camera unit;
- a display;
- and
- one or more memories storing non-transitory instructions that, when executed via the one or more processors, cause the first client computing device to:
- provide, via the display, one or more graphical user interfaces to facilitate respective offerings of one or more items by the first user to one or more second users at respective ones of a second plurality of client computing devices;
- receive, via the one or more graphical user interfaces presented at the display, one or more user interactions to initiate a first offering of a first item from among the one or more items;
- automatically capture, via the camera unit, a first still image associated with the first item, wherein automatically capturing the first still image is performed preceding, concurrent, or subsequent to receiving the one or more user interactions to initiate the first offering of the first item;
- and
- transmit the first still image to one or more servers for distribution to the second plurality of client computing devices.
One or more computer readable media storing non-transitory instructions that, when executed via one or more processors of a first client computing device of a first user, cause the first client computing device to:
- provide, via a display, one or more graphical user interfaces to facilitate respective offerings of one or more items by the first user to one or more second users at respective ones of a second plurality of client computing devices;
- receive, via the one or more graphical user interfaces presented at the display, one or more user interactions to initiate a first offering of a first item from among the one or more items;
- automatically capture, via a camera unit, a first still image associated with the first item, wherein automatically capturing the first still image is performed preceding, concurrent, or subsequent to receiving the one or more user interactions to initiate the first offering of the first item;
- and
- transmit the first still image to one or more servers for distribution to the second plurality of client computing devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.