Method and system for adjusting product ranking scores based on an adjustment factor

US8630920B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Olivier G. Dumon · San Francisco, US
• Ryan McDonald · San Francisco, US
• Muhammad Faisal Rehman · San Jose, US
• Julie Lavee Netzloff · San Jose, US
• Ken Sun · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0631
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for evaluating business rules for the purpose of promoting or demoting an item listing are presented. Consistent with an example embodiment, a conditional statement of a business rule that includes one or more expressions involving an item attribute and/or a seller attribute for an item listing is evaluated. If the conditional statement evaluates true, an adjustment factor set forth in the business rule is applied to a ranking score assigned to the item listing. The item listing is then presented in a search results page in a position relative to other item listings based upon the adjusted ranking score.