Categorization of items based on attributes

US10127595B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• INC SQUARE, CO., LTD · JP

Inventors

• Daniel Hipschman · San Francisco, US
• James F. Butts, III · San Francisco, US
• Zachary Brock · San Francisco, US
• Abhay Kumar · Chapra, IN
• Matthew O'Connor · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 31, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Item-level information of a particular item may be processed to categorize the particular item. In some instances, the particular item may be ranked across multiple merchants that are offering the particular item for acquisition. The ranking may be based on the item-level information that relates to an attribute of the particular item for the individual merchants. For example, the item-level information may include a cost of the particular item at a merchant, a rating of the particular item for a merchant, a number of calories of the particular item for a merchant, and so on. Information regarding the ranking may be displayed or otherwise output to enable the user to identify and order the particular item from a merchant that satisfies the user's needs.