US 12,248,946 B2
System for third party sellers in online retail environment
Jorge A. Trujillo, Minneapolis, MN (US); Andrew Boerema, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Dakota Reese Brown, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/182,887.
Application 18/182,887 is a division of application No. 16/785,105, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,605,094.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/837,063, filed on Apr. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0222516 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06V 30/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 30/018 (2013.01) [G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06F 16/2365 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0607 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0613 (2013.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.05); G06F 40/279 (2020.01); G06V 30/40 (2022.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A third-party item listing management system comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one
processor, cause the third-party item listing management system to:
generate and provide a seller user interface to a third-party computing system, the seller user interface being configured to receive a submission from a third-party retailer for listing one or more items on a retailer website;
receive, by an application programming interface, the submission for listing the one or more items on the retailer website, the submission including an identity for the third-party retailer and a set of item listings associated with the one or more items;
call an item validation pipeline, by an item management process, the item validation pip eline including at least a taxonomy assessment stage and a legalization stage;
identify, at the taxonomy assessment stage, a retailer taxonomy location within which a n item listing of the set of item listings falls;
enrich, at the taxonomy assessment stage, the item listing, wherein enriching the item listing comprises including metadata associated with the retailer taxonomy location;
assess, at the legalization stage, the enhanced item listing relative to one or more rules;
based on assessing the enhanced item listing relative to the one or more rules, call, by the item validation pipeline, an image analysis service;
receive, by the item validation pipeline, additional information relating to the item from the third-party image analysis service;
based on the additional information, perform, by the item validation pipeline, at least one of:
enhancing the item listing with the additional information; and
flagging the item listing as requiring further review;
generate, by the item validation pipeline, a report indicating at least one of:
validation results for the rules;
a status indicating whether the item listing requires further review;
the retailer taxonomy location; and
an item listing enhancement; and
provide, by the item validation pipeline, the report, to the third-party computing system.