Interactive shopping advisor for refinancing product queries

US9760933B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Keke Cai · Beijing, CN
• Yue Chen · Beijing, CN
• Zhong Su · Beijing, CN
• Enliang Xu · Beijing, CN
• Hao Zhang · Jingwei, CN
• Li Zhang · Beijing, CN
• Shiwan Zhao · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0625
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An interactive shopping advisor receives a natural language query for a product search, generates an initial product recommendation from the natural language query, receives a natural language preference parameter for refining the product search, maps the natural language preference parameter to a product attribute value for the product search, identifies an adjustment orientation of the product attribute value from the natural language preference parameter, and applies the adjustment orientation to the natural language query to provide a refined product recommendation for the product search.