Similarity matching of products based on multiple classification schemes

US9262503B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Information Resources, 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: Feb 16, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0623
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

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