Interactive product selector with fuzzy logic engine
First Claim
1. A method of associating at least one criterion on a page to at least one product, comprising, providing the at least one criterion, receiving option selections based on the criteria, assigning membership grades to the option selections, relating the option selections to the products, and, forming a master membership grade for the products based on the option selection membership grades.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for a fuzzy logic engine (FLE) for an interactive product selector. In an embodiment, the interactive product selector provides a user with purchase decision questions (PDQs) regarding a product/service specified by the user. The PDQs can attempt to measure the user'"'"'s product/service requirements. In an embodiment, the PDQs can be presented in radio button or check-box format, and as the user selects different options within the radio button or check-box PDQs, information is provided to the user and the options are recorded or otherwise tracked by the FLE. The FLE computes individual fuzzy sets for the PDQs according to the user'"'"'s option chronology, and assigns membership grades to individual options. In an embodiment, the individual membership grades are associated with products/services based on feature, scaled, and thereafter averaged to compute a master fuzzy membership grade for a product/service. Higher master fuzzy membership grades can indicate a product/service more closely related to the user'"'"'s requirements. The user can be presented with products/services in descending order of master fuzzy membership grade.
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37 Claims
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1. A method of associating at least one criterion on a page to at least one product, comprising,
providing the at least one criterion, receiving option selections based on the criteria, assigning membership grades to the option selections, relating the option selections to the products, and, forming a master membership grade for the products based on the option selection membership grades.
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19. A fuzzy logic engine for an interactive product selector, the fuzzy logic engine to associate at least one criterion on a page to at least one product, comprising,
a client for displaying the page, purchase decision questions based on the products and displayed on the page, the purchase decision questions having at least one selectable option on the page, a server connected to the client through a network, the server having a first module to receive the selected options, a second module to assign membership grades to the options, and a third module to provide the client with product information to display on the page in response to the selectable options.
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27. A method for facilitating interactive selection of at least one product in a networked environment, the method comprising:
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providing at least one product criterion to a client within a page, the product criterion having selectable options, receiving the selectable options from the client, assigning membership grades to the selectable options, and, providing product information to the client within the page based on the membership grades. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of rating product features, comprising
providing option selections based on the product features to a consumer, obtaining the consumer'"'"'s responses to the option selections, assigning grades to the responses based on the order of responses, and, prioritizing the product features based on the grades.
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