Determining commerce entity pricing and availability based on stylistic heuristics

US10643258B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KEEP COMPANY, INC. · US

Inventors

• Scott Philip Kurnit · New York, US
• Charles Myslinsky · Glen Ridge, US
• Ryan Quigley · Greenport, US
• Mark Anthony Tozzi · Bentleyville, US
• Scott Germaise · Valley Cottage, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2015
• Grant date: May 5, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06N20/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for determining pricing and availability of e-commerce entities. The determination includes accessing a web page that includes an entity of interest and generating a visual map representation of the web page that includes elements related to the entity's pricing/availability and stylistic identifiers that are applied to those elements. Stylistic identifiers are pricing/availability identifiers based on stylistic heuristics. Certain elements are identified as candidate elements and a likelihood that a candidate element is pricing/availability element of the entity is determined for the candidate elements. A candidate element is selected as the pricing/availability element of the entity by analyzing the determined likelihood of various candidate elements.