Assigning into one set of categories information that has been assigned to other sets of categories
First Claim
1. A method comprising performing a machine-executed operation involving instructions, wherein the machine-executed operation is at least one of:
- A) sending said instructions over transmission media;
B) receiving said instructions over transmission media;
C) storing said instructions onto a machine-readable storage medium; and
D) executing the instructions;
wherein said instructions are instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of;
automatically assigning items to target categories in a target scheme;
wherein the items assigned to the target categories in the target scheme include a first set of items;
wherein items in the first set of items have previously been assigned to source categories in a first source scheme that is different from said target scheme;
wherein the first set of items includes a particular item;
wherein the step of assigning items to categories in the target scheme includes;
receiving information about the particular item;
determining, from the information, a source category to which the particular item was assigned in the first source scheme; and
assigning the particular item to a target category based, in part, on the source category to which the particular item was assigned.
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Abstract
Techniques are described for assigning, to target categories of a target scheme, items that have been obtained from a plurality of sources. In situations in which one or more of the sources has organized its information according to a source scheme that differs from the target scheme, the assignment may be based, in part, on an estimate of the probability that items from a particular source category should be assigned to a particular target category. Such probability estimates may be based on how many training set items associated with the particular source category have been assigned to the particular target category. Source categories may be grouped into clusters. The probability estimates may also be based on how many training set items within the cluster to which the particular source category has been mapped, have been assigned the particular target category.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising performing a machine-executed operation involving instructions, wherein the machine-executed operation is at least one of:
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A) sending said instructions over transmission media;
B) receiving said instructions over transmission media;
C) storing said instructions onto a machine-readable storage medium; and
D) executing the instructions;
wherein said instructions are instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of;
automatically assigning items to target categories in a target scheme;
wherein the items assigned to the target categories in the target scheme include a first set of items;
wherein items in the first set of items have previously been assigned to source categories in a first source scheme that is different from said target scheme;
wherein the first set of items includes a particular item;
wherein the step of assigning items to categories in the target scheme includes;
receiving information about the particular item;
determining, from the information, a source category to which the particular item was assigned in the first source scheme; and
assigning the particular item to a target category based, in part, on the source category to which the particular item was assigned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising performing a machine-executed operation involving instructions, wherein the machine-executed operation is at least one of:
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A) sending said instructions over transmission media;
B) receiving said instructions over transmission media;
C) storing said instructions onto a machine-readable storage medium; and
D) executing the instructions;
wherein said instructions are instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of;
automatically assigning items to target categories in a target scheme;
wherein the items assigned to the target categories in the target scheme include a first set of items;
wherein items in the first set of items have previously been assigned to source categories in a first source scheme that is different from said target scheme;
wherein the first set of items includes a particular item;
wherein the step of assigning items to categories in the target scheme includes;
receiving information about the particular item;
determining, from the information, a source category to which the particular item was assigned in the first source scheme;
determining, based on a source-category-to-cluster mapping, a cluster to which said particular source category has been mapped, and assigning the particular item to a target category based, in part, on the cluster to which the particular source category has been mapped. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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