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Patent No.:

US 9792638 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Xiao Xiao Liu, Shanghai, CN;

Erin Louise Gubser, Vallejo, CA (US);

Elizabeth Dobbin, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hema Budaraju, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Xiao Xiao Liu, Shanghai, CN;

Erin Louise Gubser, Vallejo, CA (US);

Elizabeth Dobbin, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hema Budaraju, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01);
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 style desired by the user for possible purchase. The 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 style of item desired. Upon selection of the silhouette image, a query is sent to the system and images of the desired style of item are returned to the user interface for presentation to the user, along with certain attributes of the style of the item.


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Liu, Xiao. (2017). Using silhouette images to reduce product selection error in an e-commerce environment (U.S. Patent No. 9792638). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9792638

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