System and method for providing product recommendations
First Claim
1. A computer-readable media having instructions for providing product recommendations, the instructions performing steps comprising:
- populating a plurality of records each comprising a first data field having data representative of a unique product within a plurality of purchase orders and a second data field having data representative of each product purchased with the unique product represented by the data in the first data field;
referencing the plurality of purchase orders to order the data in the second data field whereby a location of data representative of a purchased-with product within the second data field is indicative of a number of times with which that purchased-with product was purchased with the unique product referenced within the first data field;
selecting for recommendation one or more of the purchased-with products from a second data field associated with a first data field having data representative of an identified unique product as a function of the location of the data representative of the one or more purchased-with products within the second data field; and
providing the selected one or more purchased-with products as the product recommendations.
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Abstract
A dynamic merchandising system for presenting product recommendations to customers. The system and method generally creates for each of a plurality of products in a plurality of purchase orders a list of purchased-with products, i.e., products that were purchased with each of the plurality of products in each of the plurality of purchase orders. At the same time that the purchased-with product lists are created, or in another step, the same plurality of purchase orders are examined and, using the concept of “self organizing lists,” the lists of purchased-with products are ordered in a meaningful manner. The ordering of the products in a purchased-with list may then be considered when recommending products.
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8 Claims
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1. A computer-readable media having instructions for providing product recommendations, the instructions performing steps comprising:
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populating a plurality of records each comprising a first data field having data representative of a unique product within a plurality of purchase orders and a second data field having data representative of each product purchased with the unique product represented by the data in the first data field;
referencing the plurality of purchase orders to order the data in the second data field whereby a location of data representative of a purchased-with product within the second data field is indicative of a number of times with which that purchased-with product was purchased with the unique product referenced within the first data field;
selecting for recommendation one or more of the purchased-with products from a second data field associated with a first data field having data representative of an identified unique product as a function of the location of the data representative of the one or more purchased-with products within the second data field; and
providing the selected one or more purchased-with products as the product recommendations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of records each comprising a first data field having data representative of a unique product within a plurality of purchase orders and a second data field having data representative of each product purchased with the unique product represented by the data in the first data field;
means for ordering the data in the second data field which references the plurality of purchase orders whereby a location of data representative of a purchased-with product within the second data field is indicative of a number of times with which that purchased-with product was purchased with the unique product referenced within the first data field; and
means for selecting for recommendation one or more of the purchased-with products from a second data field associated with a first data field having data representative of an identified unique product as a function of the location of the data representative of the one or more purchased-with products within the second data field.
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