US 11,935,102 B2
Matching user provided representations of items with sellers of those items
Chao Wang, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Yamartino, San Francisco, CA (US); Sridatta Kaustubh Thatipamala, San Francisco, CA (US); and Yuan Wei, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Pinterest, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Pinterest, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/894,561.
Application 16/894,561 is a continuation of application No. 14/964,307, filed on Dec. 9, 2015, granted, now 10,679,269.
Application 14/964,307 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/726,929, filed on Jun. 1, 2015, granted, now 10,269,055, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/160,456, filed on May 12, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0302499 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0617 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a request over a network from a user operating a client device to view a user-supplied image stored within an image data store maintained by one or more servers of a management service;
determining, by the one or more servers of the management service, that a first distinct item represented in the user-supplied image corresponds to a first corresponding item of a plurality of items also represented in the user-supplied image;
determining, by the one or more servers of the management service, that a first uniform resource locator (URL) included in metadata associated with the user-supplied image corresponds with a second URL included in a source information locator that is provided by at least one seller of one or more sellers that are independent of the management service and is associated with the first corresponding item represented in the user-supplied image along with the plurality of items, the second URL allowing the user to purchase the first corresponding item from the at least one seller;
generating, by the one or more servers of the management service, an association, based at least in part on the determination that the first URL corresponds to the second URL, between the first distinct item represented in the user-supplied image with the at least one seller in a mappings data store;
providing, by the one or more servers of the management service, a presentation of the user-supplied image over the network to the client device operated by the user, wherein the presentation of the user-supplied image includes a purchase control for the first distinct item;
receiving, by the one or more servers of the management service, an interaction with the purchase control indicating a request to purchase the first corresponding item from a seller of the at least one seller;
determining, by the one or more servers of the management service, a payment token to be associated with the request to purchase the first corresponding item from the seller, wherein the payment token is associated with the user and a payment credential of the user; and
causing, by the one or more servers of the management service, the payment token to be transmitted to the seller in connection with the request to purchase the first corresponding item from the seller, so that the user is able to purchase the first distinct item from the seller without navigating away from the management service.