Method, Device, and System for Analyzing and Ranking Web-Accessible Data Targets
First Claim
1. A method of locating a relevant product via a computer network, the relevant product belonging to a category of related products sharing a pre-determined set of product attributes associated therewith, the method comprising:
- at a client computer;
receiving a search topic from a user, the search topic being associated with the category of related products; and
receiving user profile data including at least one of demographic, geographic, and situational data specific to the user;
with a server;
locating at one or more information locations at least two of the related products within the category of related products associated with the search topic, each of the at least two located products having the pre-determined set of product attributes associated therewith, each product attribute having content associated therewith;
with at least one of the client computer and the server;
for each product attribute of the shared set of product attributes;
comparing the content associated with the product attribute in one of the at least two located products against content associated with the product attribute in each of the other located products of the at least two located products; and
assigning a relative score to the content associated with the product attribute in each of the at least two located products based on the comparison;
prioritizing the shared set of product attributes based at least in part upon a relevance of at least one product attribute to the user profile data; and
ranking the at least two located products based on the prioritizing of the product attributes and the score of the content associated with the product attributes.
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Abstract
A method of locating a relevant product belonging to a category of related products sharing pre-determined product attributes is provided. At a client computer, a search topic associated with the category arrives from a user along with user-profile data like demographic, geographic, and situational data. A server locates at information locations some related products within the category, each having the pre-determined set of product attributes having associated content. For each product attribute, the content associated therewith in one of the located products is compared against content associated with the product attribute in each other located product and is assigned a relative score based on the comparison. The shared set of product attributes is prioritized based in part upon relevance of a product attribute to user profile data and the located products are ranked based on the prioritizing and the score of content associated with the product attributes.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of locating a relevant product via a computer network, the relevant product belonging to a category of related products sharing a pre-determined set of product attributes associated therewith, the method comprising:
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at a client computer; receiving a search topic from a user, the search topic being associated with the category of related products; and receiving user profile data including at least one of demographic, geographic, and situational data specific to the user; with a server; locating at one or more information locations at least two of the related products within the category of related products associated with the search topic, each of the at least two located products having the pre-determined set of product attributes associated therewith, each product attribute having content associated therewith; with at least one of the client computer and the server; for each product attribute of the shared set of product attributes; comparing the content associated with the product attribute in one of the at least two located products against content associated with the product attribute in each of the other located products of the at least two located products; and assigning a relative score to the content associated with the product attribute in each of the at least two located products based on the comparison; prioritizing the shared set of product attributes based at least in part upon a relevance of at least one product attribute to the user profile data; and ranking the at least two located products based on the prioritizing of the product attributes and the score of the content associated with the product attributes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for locating a relevant product belonging to a category of related products sharing a pre-determined set of product attributes associated therewith, the system comprising:
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a client computer operable to; receive a search topic from a user, the search topic being associated with the category of related products to which the relevant product belongs; and receive user profile data including at least one of demographic, geographic, and situational data specific to the user; a server communicatively coupled to the client computer and operable to locate at one or more information locations at least two of the related products within the category of related products associated with the search topic, each of the at least two located products having the pre-determined set of product attributes associated therewith, each product attribute having content associated therewith; wherein, at least one of the client computer and the server is operable; for each product attribute of the shared set of product attributes; to compare the content associated with the product attribute in one of the at least two located products against content associated with the product attribute in each of the other located products of the at least two located products; and to assign a relative score to the content associated with the product attribute in each of the at least two located products based on the comparison; prioritize the shared set of product attributes based at least in part upon a relevance of at least one product attribute to the user profile data; and rank the at least two located products based on the prioritizing of the product attributes and the score of the content associated with the product attributes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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