Discovery engine storefront

US9639889B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jessie Babiarz · San Francisco, US
• David Anthony Basilio · Phoenix, US
• Adam Jacobson · Washington, US
• Matthew Losch · San Francisco, US
• Gregory Robinson · Quakertown, US
• Li Chen · Dongguan, CN
• Corey Demarco · Sunnyvale, US
• Exaud Hugho · Wilkes-Barre, US
• Michael Toma · West Wyoming, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2013
• Grant date: May 2, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0643
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system of online shopping using a digital storefront. For example, a digital storefront having multiple touchscreen display surfaces presents a plurality of tiles to a user, where one or more tiles display images of items for sale and at least one hunch question which may be related to the environment. In further examples, a response is received from the user to one or more hunch questions, and items are recommended for the user and presented to the user in one or more updated tiles on a touchscreen display surface.