Dynamic database redirection using semantic taxonomy information
First Claim
1. An electronic commerce system applying dynamic database redirection, the system comprising:
- one or more seller databases including product data for one or more products;
a seller selection interface operable to receive one or more seller requirements from a user and to generate one or more custom global content directories based on the seller requirements;
one or more custom global content directories each including a plurality of product classes organized in a hierarchy, each product class categorizing a plurality of products from one or more sellers satisfying the seller requirements and each product class associated with one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class, at least one of the product classes having one or more associated pointers that identify one or more seller databases associated with sellers satisfying the seller requirements; and
a search interface associated with the custom global content directories, the search interface operable to communicate a search query to the seller databases to search the product data stored in the seller databases identified by one of the pointers.
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Abstract
An electronic commerce system includes one or more seller databases that store product data for one or more products. The system further includes a seller selection interface operable to receive seller requirements from a user and generate one or more custom global content directories based on the seller requirements. The custom global content directories include a plurality of product classes organized in a hierarchy with the product classes categorizing a number of products from sellers satisfying the seller requirements and associated with attributes of the products categorized in the product class. At least one of the product classes has associated pointers that identify the on or more of the seller databases. The system further includes a search interface that communicates a search query to the seller databases for product data.
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32 Claims
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1. An electronic commerce system applying dynamic database redirection, the system comprising:
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one or more seller databases including product data for one or more products;
a seller selection interface operable to receive one or more seller requirements from a user and to generate one or more custom global content directories based on the seller requirements;
one or more custom global content directories each including a plurality of product classes organized in a hierarchy, each product class categorizing a plurality of products from one or more sellers satisfying the seller requirements and each product class associated with one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class, at least one of the product classes having one or more associated pointers that identify one or more seller databases associated with sellers satisfying the seller requirements; and
a search interface associated with the custom global content directories, the search interface operable to communicate a search query to the seller databases to search the product data stored in the seller databases identified by one of the pointers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for dynamic database redirection in an electronic commerce transaction, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more seller requirements from a user;
creating one or more custom global content directories based on the seller requirements, the custom global content directory comprising a directory structure including a plurality of product classes organized in a hierarchy, each product class categorizing a plurality of products from one or more sellers satisfying the seller requirements and each product class associated with one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class, one or more of the product classes having one or more associated pointers that identify a one or more seller databases associated with sellers satisfying the seller requirements;
receiving a selection of a product class from the user, the product class having a pointer identifying one or more of the seller databases;
in response to the selection of the product class by the user, communicating a search query to the seller databases to search the product data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Software for dynamic database redirection in an electronic commerce transaction, the software embodied in a computer-readable medium and operable to:
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receive one or more seller requirements from a user;
create one or more custom global content directories based on the seller requirements, the custom global content directory comprising a directory structure including a plurality of product classes organized in a hierarchy, each product class categorizing a plurality of products from one or more sellers satisfying the seller requirements and each product class associated with one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class, one or more of the product classes having one or more associated pointers that identify a one or more seller databases associated with sellers satisfying the seller requirements;
receive a selection of a product class from the user, the product class having a pointer identifying one or more of the seller databases;
in response to the selection of the product class by the user, communicate a search query to the seller databases to search the product data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for dynamic database redirection in an electronic commerce transaction, the method comprising:
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means for receiving one or more seller requirements from a user;
means for creating one or more custom global content directories based on the seller requirements, the custom global content directory comprising a directory structure including a plurality of product classes organized in a hierarchy, each product class categorizing a plurality of products from one or more sellers satisfying the seller requirements and each product class associated with one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class, one or more of the product classes having one or more associated pointers that identify a one or more seller databases associated with sellers satisfying the seller requirements;
means for receiving a selection of a product class from the user, the product class having a pointer identifying one or more of the seller databases;
in response to the selection of the product class by the user, means for communicating a search query to the seller databases to search the product data.
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