Increases in sales rank as a measure of interest
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1. A method in a computing system for displaying ordering information about items ordered from a web merchant, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of time periods, determining a sales ranking, in which a rank value is attributed to at least a subset of items that may be ordered from the web merchant, each rank value reflecting the number of orders placed for the corresponding item during the current time period, a smaller rank value reflecting a larger number of orders than a larger rank value;
selecting items having a current rank value that is less than a rank value threshold and for which less than a threshold number of orders were placed during the current time period;
for each selected item;
identifying among the rank values of the selected item for a predetermined number of time periods immediately preceding the current time period the largest rank value;
determining a score for the selected item based upon the current rank value of the selected item and the identified rank value of the selected item, the score characterizing the increase in sales ranking undergone by the selected item; and
generating a display showing, for at least a portion of the selected items, an indication of the score determined for the selected item.
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Abstract
A facility for displaying consumption information about items is described. The facility uses a current consumption rank for each of a number of items and at least one or more previous consumption ranks for each of these items to attribute to at least a portion of the items a score characterizing the magnitude of increase in the consumption rank of the item. The facility then generates a display incorporating at least a portion of the attributed scores in the corresponding items.
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1. A method in a computing system for displaying ordering information about items ordered from a web merchant, comprising:
for each of a plurality of time periods, determining a sales ranking, in which a rank value is attributed to at least a subset of items that may be ordered from the web merchant, each rank value reflecting the number of orders placed for the corresponding item during the current time period, a smaller rank value reflecting a larger number of orders than a larger rank value;
selecting items having a current rank value that is less than a rank value threshold and for which less than a threshold number of orders were placed during the current time period;
for each selected item;
identifying among the rank values of the selected item for a predetermined number of time periods immediately preceding the current time period the largest rank value;
determining a score for the selected item based upon the current rank value of the selected item and the identified rank value of the selected item, the score characterizing the increase in sales ranking undergone by the selected item; and
generating a display showing, for at least a portion of the selected items, an indication of the score determined for the selected item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computing system to display ordering information about items ordered from a web merchant by:
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determining a sales ranking, in which a rank value is attributed to at least a subset of items that may be ordered from the web merchant, each rank value reflecting the number of orders placed for the corresponding item during the current time period, a smaller rank value reflecting a larger number of orders than a larger rank value;
selecting items having a current rank value that is less than a rank value threshold and for which less than a threshold number of orders were placed during the current time period;
for each selected item;
identifying among rank values of the selected item for a predetermined number of time periods immediately preceding the current time period the largest rank value;
determining a score for the selected item based upon the current rank value of the selected item and the identified rank value of the selected item, the score characterizing the increase in sales ranking undergone by the selected item; and
generating a display showing, for at least a portion of the selected items, an indication of the score determined for the selected item.
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10. A method in a computing system for displaying consumption information about items, comprising:
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from a current consumption rank for each of a plurality of items and one or more previous consumption ranks for each of the plurality of items, attributing to at least a portion of the plurality of items a score characterizing the magnitude of increase in the consumption rank of the item; and
generating a display incorporating at least a portion of the attributed scores and the corresponding items. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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16. A computing system for displaying consumption information about items, comprising:
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a scoring subsystem that, from a current consumption rank for each of a plurality of items and one or more previous consumption ranks for each of the plurality of items, attributes to at least a portion of the plurality of items a score characterizing the magnitude of increase in the consumption rank of the item; and
a display generation subsystem that generates a display incorporating indications of at least a portion of the attributed scores, together with indications of the corresponding items.
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17. One or more generated data signals collectively conveying a display document, the display document comprising:
a list of items available via a sales channel, each item in the list accompanied by a quantitative indication of growth in sales rate undergone by the item.
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38. One or more computer memories collectively storing a consumption rate acceleration data structure, comprising a plurality of entries, each entry including:
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an identifier identifying an item, the item having a consumption rate that varies over time; and
a value indicating a level of acceleration of the consumption rate of the item.
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