Normalization of unstructured catalog data

US11194832B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Sudhir Bhojwani · Fremont, US
• Sudha Lakshman · Sunnyvale, US
• Quan Zhang · Nanhu, CN
• Sandeep Chakravarty · Dallas, US
• Tu Truong · San Jose, US
• Fuming Wu · Pleasanton, US
• Yue Li · Novi, US
• Lin Dong · Sunnyvale, US
• Richa Namballa · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0601
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a method and system for normalizing catalog item data to create higher quality search results. In one example, the method may include receiving a record comprising an unstructured description of an object, identifying a type of the object from among a plurality of object types and identifying a predefined attribute of the identified type of object, extracting a value from the unstructured description corresponding to the predefined attribute and modifying the extracted value to generate a normalized attribute value, and storing a structured record of the object in a structured format comprising a plurality of values of a plurality of attributes of the object from the unstructured description including the normalized attribute value for the predefined attribute of the object.