Multilevel silhouettes in an online shopping environment
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorRini Kundu
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Abstract
Selecting a first silhouette image of an item at a client machine displays a plurality of silhouette images representing aspects of the item such as style, length type and sleeve type. Selecting any of those aspects allows a server to search a database for listings of similar items that have those aspects. Concurrently selecting one or more of the images representing those aspects and one or more sizes, allows a server to search a database for listings of similar items that have those aspects and those sizes.
Claims15
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- providing, by a server, a first user selectable silhouette image of an item for rendering on a display at a client machine;
- responsive to the selection of the first user selectable silhouette image, providing a plurality of user selectable silhouette images representing aspects of the item for rendering at the client machine, the providing the plurality of user selectable silhouette images performed by providing a signal for the first user selectable silhouette image to move its position on the display and visually uncover at least some of the plurality of user selectable silhouette images;
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- detecting, by the server, the selection of at least one of the plurality of user selectable silhouette images representing said aspects, and responsive to the detecting, querying a database for item listings that include at least one of the aspects represented by the selected at least one of the plurality of user selectable silhouette images.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embedded therein a set of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of the computer causes the computer to execute the operations comprising:
- providing a first user selectable silhouette image of an item for rendering on a display at a client machine;
- responsive to the selection of the first user selectable silhouette image, providing a plurality of user selectable silhouette images representing aspects of the item for rendering at the client machine, the providing the plurality of user selectable silhouette images performed by providing a signal for the first user selectable silhouette image to move its position on the display and visually uncover at least some of the plurality of user selectable silhouette images;
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- detecting the selection of at least one of the plurality of silhouette images representing said aspects and, responsive to the detecting, querying a database for listings that include the aspects represented by the selected at least one of the plurality of user selectable silhouette images.
An image search system comprising:
- one or more processors and storage for storing and executing:
- an input module to receive from a client machine signals representative of selection of information, including selection of a first user selectable silhouette image of an item rendered on a display;
- an analysis module coupled to the input module and responsive to receiving signals representative of selection of the first user selectable silhouette image, for presenting for display at a client machine a plurality of user selectable silhouette images representing aspects of the item, the presenting for display at a client machine a plurality of user selectable silhouette images performed by providing a signal for the first user selectable silhouette image to move its position on the display and visually uncover at least some of the plurality of user selectable silhouette images, and
- a query module coupled to the input module for detecting selection at the client machine of at least one of the plurality of user selectable silhouette images representing said aspects and, responsive to the detecting, querying a database for item listings that include the aspects represented by the selected at least one of the plurality of user selectable silhouette images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.