Method, Device, and System for Analyzing and Ranking Products
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for ranking a plurality of products, wherein each product is associated with a plurality of product attributes, the method comprising:
- specifying a plurality of attribute groups, wherein each attribute group is associated with a plurality of the product attributes;
providing a series of questions associated with each attribute group;
obtaining responses to each series of questions from a user;
applying a set of rules to the responses obtained from the user for each series of questions to generate weightings for the product attributes in the attribute group associated with the respective series of questions;
using a processor to score each of the products for each of the product attributes;
generating a weighted score for each of the product attributes by applying the weighting for the respective product attribute to the score for the respective product attribute for each of the products; and
ranking the products based on the weighted scores.
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for locating a relevant product via a computer network includes receiving, at a client terminal, a search topic from a user and one or more attributes associated with the topic and assigning a rating to at least one of the attributes. A server is used to locate, at one or more information locations, at least two separate instances of the topic and at least two information fields, each field related to one of the instances the topic. Content in each of at least two of the information fields is associated with at least one of the attributes and the content in each of the at least two information fields associated with an attribute is compared against each other. A score to the content of each compared instance of content is assigned based on the comparing. The attributes are prioritized and the located instances of the topic are ranked based on the prioritizing and the score of content associated with the topic.
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1. A computer implemented method for ranking a plurality of products, wherein each product is associated with a plurality of product attributes, the method comprising:
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specifying a plurality of attribute groups, wherein each attribute group is associated with a plurality of the product attributes; providing a series of questions associated with each attribute group; obtaining responses to each series of questions from a user; applying a set of rules to the responses obtained from the user for each series of questions to generate weightings for the product attributes in the attribute group associated with the respective series of questions; using a processor to score each of the products for each of the product attributes; generating a weighted score for each of the product attributes by applying the weighting for the respective product attribute to the score for the respective product attribute for each of the products; and ranking the products based on the weighted scores. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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