IDENTIFYING AN ITEM BASED ON DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE ITEM

• US 20100250535A1
• Filed: 06/14/2010
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Gino Monier, Louis Marcel, Leon, Jean-Michel, Foster, Benjamin David, Arora, Aditya, Sundaranatha, Venkat, Loftus, Josh, Shah, Seema
• Granted Patent: US 8,244,666 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

There are provided methods and systems to identify an item based on data associated with the item. Information is received that is descriptive of an item to be listed on an information storage and retrieval platform. The information is associated with an aspect-value pair, which is an aspect of the item and a value of the aspect. An expression of an interest of a user in the item is received. The expression is associated with the aspect-value pair. In response to the associating of the expression with the aspect-value pair, the item is identified.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving information that is descriptive of an item to be listed on an information storage and retrieval platform;

associating the information with an aspect-value pair, the aspect-value pair being an aspect of the item and a value of the aspect;

receiving an expression of an interest of a user in the item;

associating the expression with the aspect-value pair; and

identifying the item in response to the associating of the expression.