METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CATEGORIZING ITEMS IN BOTH ACTUAL AND VIRTUAL CATEGORIES
First Claim
1. A method of constructing a category structure within a database, the method including:
- defining a first structure of categories to classify a data item, the first structure including at least a first category; and
defining a second structure of categories to provide an alternative classification of the data item, the second structure including at least a second category, wherein the second category is associated with the first category.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating location of a data item describing, for example, a product or service that is the subject of on-line auction, commences with the presentation of a category navigation interface. The category navigation interface allows a user to navigate a “virtual” hierarchy of categories and to select a target virtual category of the virtual hierarchy. The target virtual category is then identified as being linked to an actual category, within an actual hierarchy of categories. Database items are classified only in terms of the real hierarchy of categories, and not the virtual hierarchy of categories. Having then identified an actual category to which the virtual category is mapped, data items of the real category are identified responsive to the user selection of the virtual category of the virtual hierarchy of categories.
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1. A method of constructing a category structure within a database, the method including:
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defining a first structure of categories to classify a data item, the first structure including at least a first category; and defining a second structure of categories to provide an alternative classification of the data item, the second structure including at least a second category, wherein the second category is associated with the first category.
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