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ADJUSTABLE PRIORITY RETAILER RANKING SYSTEM

  • US 20120130917A1
  • Filed: 11/24/2010
  • Published: 05/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for generating an ordered comparison list of merchant sources from a query for a product, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first unordered list of merchant sources generated by a search engine in response to the search query thereto for the product, the search query being initiated by an end user;

    deriving a location value for the end user;

    retrieving values of a plurality of user-independent merchant evaluation factors for each of the merchant sources in the first unordered list;

    generating values of a plurality of user-dependent merchant evaluation factors for each of the merchant sources in the first unordered list based upon the derived location value for the end user;

    assigning predetermined weights to each of the plurality of user-independent merchant evaluation factors and user-dependent merchant evaluation factors;

    generating a merchant ranking score for each of the merchant sources in the first unordered list from a composite of the predetermined weights and the respective user-independent merchant evaluation factors and user-dependent merchant evaluation factors; and

    outputting to the end user an ordered list of merchant sources arranged according to the generated merchant ranking score associated with the respective merchant sources.

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