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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2024
Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Xiao Xiao Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Erin Louise Delacroix, Vallejo, CA (US);
Elizabeth Dobbin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hema Budaraju, Cupertino, CA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for displaying, to a user interface, categories of items for the user to select from for querying the system, in order to enable the system to return to the user images of items of the type desired by the user for possible purchase. The items categories of items can be presented to the user interface visually in silhouette form so that the user can select brand and the silhouette image of the type of item desired. Upon selection of the silhouette image, a query is sent to the system and images of the desired type of item are returned to the user interface for presentation to the user, along with certain attributes of the items.