Similarity matching of a competitor's products

US8160984B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SymphonyIRI Group, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Herbert Dennis Hunt · Bedford, US
• John Randall West · Sunnyvale, US
• Marshall Ashby Gibbs · Clarendon Hills, US
• Bradley Michael Griglione · Lake Zurich, US
• Gregory David Neil Hudson · Riverside, US
• Andrea Basilico · Saronno, IT
• Arvid C. Johnson · Frankfort, US
• Cheryl G. Bergeon · Arlington Heights, US
• Craig Joseph Chapa · Lake Barrington, US
• Alberto Agostinelli · Trezzo sull'Adda, IT
• Jay Alan Yusko · Lombard, US
• Trevor Mason · Bolingbrook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 24, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0629
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for identifying a classification scheme associated with product attributes of a grouping of products of an entity, receiving a record of data relating to an item of a competitor to the entity, the classification of which is uncertain, receiving a dictionary of attributes associated with products, and assigning a product code to the item, based on probabilistic matching among the attributes in the classification scheme, the attributes in the dictionary of attributes and at least one known attribute of the item.