Content Enhancement for Analyzing Data in a Database
First Claim
1. An electronic commerce system, comprising a content enhancement module operable to:
- analyze product data stored in one or more seller databases using a set of rules, the one or more seller databases associated with one or more sellers, the set of rules comprising generic rules applying to substantially all of the one or more seller databases that store product data, the generic rules comprising;
a first rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the one or more seller databases have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data;
a second rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the one or more seller databases have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data; and
a third rule indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format; and
identify one or more potential errors in the product data according to the set of rules.
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Abstract
An electronic commerce system includes a content enhancement module that analyzes the product data stored in a seller database using one or more rules and that identifies one or more potential errors in the product data according to the rules. The rules include one or more generic rules that apply to substantially all seller databases including product data. These generic rules include one or more of the following rules: a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the seller database have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data, a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the seller database have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data, and rules indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format.
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13 Claims
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1. An electronic commerce system, comprising a content enhancement module operable to:
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analyze product data stored in one or more seller databases using a set of rules, the one or more seller databases associated with one or more sellers, the set of rules comprising generic rules applying to substantially all of the one or more seller databases that store product data, the generic rules comprising;
a first rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the one or more seller databases have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data;
a second rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the one or more seller databases have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data; and
a third rule indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format; and
identify one or more potential errors in the product data according to the set of rules.
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2. A method for content enhancement, comprising:
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analyzing, using a content enhancement module, product data stored in a seller database using one or more rules, the rules comprising one or more generic rules applying to substantially all seller databases that contain product data, the generic rules comprising one or more rules from the group consisting of;
a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the seller database have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data;
a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the seller database have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data; and
one or more rules indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format; and
identifying one or more potential errors in the product data according to the rules.
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3. Content enhancement software, the software embodied in a computer-readable medium and, when executed, operable to:
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analyze the product data stored in a seller database using one or more rules, the rules comprising one or more generic rules applying to substantially all seller databases that contain product data, the generic rules comprising one or more rules from the group consisting of;
a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the seller database have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data;
a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the seller database have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data; and
one or more rules indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format; and
identify one or more potential errors in the product data according to the rules. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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