US 11,928,428 B2
Emoji understanding in online experiences
Dishan Gupta, Campbell, CA (US); Ajinkya Gorakhnath Kale, San Jose, CA (US); Stefan Boyd Schoenmackers, El Paso, TX (US); and Amit Srivastava, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/120,557.
Application 18/120,557 is a continuation of application No. 16/799,681, filed on Feb. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,636,265.
Application 16/799,681 is a continuation of application No. 15/665,133, filed on Jul. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,650,095, issued on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0214590 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 40/274 (2020.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06V 30/194 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 40/274 (2020.01) [G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06V 30/194 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a network-based provider and over a network, a message including at least one emoji, the message provided by a user using a network application on a client machine;
using, by the network-based provider, a computed vector representation of the at least one emoji of the message to determine vector representations of words or phrases that are close to the computed vector representation of the at least one emoji of the message;
selecting, by the network-based provider, at least one of the words or phrases of the vector representations of the words or phrases that are close to the computed vector representation of the at least one emoji of the message; and
based on the at least one of the words or phrases of the vector representations of the words or phrases that are similar to the computed vector representation of the at least one emoji of the message, performing, by the network-based provider, a task associated with the at least one of the words or phrases of the vector representations of the words or phrases that are similar to the computed vector representation of the at least one emoji of the message for display by the network application.