Automatic product categorization

US7870039B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Byron Edward Dom · Los Gatos, US
• Abhishek Goyal · Dehradun, IN
• Ramnath Balasubramanyan · Mountain View, US
• Dmitry Pavlov · Park Ridge, US
• Bipin Suresh · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0613
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are provided for automatic product categorization. In one aspect, the categorization is based on text and one or more other values associated with a product offering. In another aspect, a first categorization of a product offering is performed and, if the product category chosen is in a set of co-refinable product categories, then a second (or third, fourth and so on) categorization is performed among the set of co-refinable product categories. In a third aspect, products are categorized based on cost. In another aspect, after products are categorized, the products are flagged for further categorization processing if the cost for categorizing the product is beyond a predefined threshold.