Method and Apparatus of Implementing Navigation of Product Properties

• US 20140046899A1
• Filed: 08/06/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Zeng, Anxiang, Sun, Changlong
• Application Number:
  US13/960,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20140046899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/609
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/217 Database tuning G06F16/2282 takes precedence; database performance monitoring G06F11/3409
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

The present disclosure provides techniques for commodity property navigation. These techniques may determine, by a computing device, current corresponding property information of any product node in a product information database, and corresponding property information of each commodity under the product node. The computing device may add the property information to be updated into the current corresponding property information of the product node when property information to be updated exists. The computing device may then perform commodity property navigation by using the updated current corresponding property information of the product node. Using techniques of the present disclosure, mining and navigation of novel commodity properties may be implemented automatically, therefore solving problems (e.g., failure for timely updating commodity properties) associated with existing techniques.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for commodity property navigation, the method comprising:

determining property information corresponding to a product node in a product information database and property information corresponding to commodities under the product node, the product node being obtained by grouping commodities that belong to a category and have key property information;

determining that the property information corresponding to the product node does not include property information to be updated corresponding to one or more commodities under the product node;

adding the property information to be updated into the property information corresponding to the product node to generate an updated property information of the product node; and

performing a commodity property navigation by using the property information of the product node.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adding the property information to be updated into the property information corresponding to the product node to generate the updated property information of the product node comprises:

in response to the determining that the property information corresponding to the product node does not include property information to be updated corresponding to one or more commodities under the product node and a number of the one or more commodities is greater than a predetermined value, the adding the property information to be updated into the property information corresponding to the product node to generate the updated property information of the product node.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a number of times that the commodity property navigation has been performed in a predetermined time period using individual pieces of the updated property information of the product node as a key word;

determining one or more pieces of the updated property information that have the number greater than one predetermined value; and

performing an addition commodity property navigation using the one or more pieces of the update property information of the product node.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing a mapping relation between property information of each product node and property information of commodities corresponding to the each product node according to a product information database and a commodity information database; and

updating the property information of commodities corresponding to the each product node for the each product node based on the established mapping relation.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the property information comprises properties and property values, and the properties comprise single value properties and non-single-value properties.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the establishing the mapping relation comprising:

establishing a property mapping relation between a single value property of one product node and a single value property of commodities under the one product node if the single value property of one product node and a single value property of commodities under the one product node belong to one category and have a same or synonymous property name; and

establishing a property value mapping relation between a single property value of one product node and a single property value of commodities under the one product node if the single property value of one product node and a single property value of commodities under the one product node belong to one category and have a same or synonymous property name.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the updating the property information of commodities corresponding to the each produce node for the each product node based on the established mapping relation comprises:

complementing one single value property and a corresponding property value of the one product node that do not exist in corresponding property information of commodities under the one product node based on the property mapping relation; and

correcting property values in property values of commodities under the product node that are inconsistent with property values of the one product node based on the property value mapping relation.

8. A system for commodity property navigation, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory to maintain a plurality of components executable by the one or more processors, the plurality of components comprising;

a property information determining module configured to;

determine property information corresponding to a product node in a product information database and property information corresponding to commodities under the product node, the product node being obtained by grouping commodities that belong to a category and have key property information, and

determine that the property information corresponding to the product node does not include property information to be updated corresponding to one or more commodities under the product node,

a property information updating module configured to add the property information to be updated into the property information corresponding to the produce node to generate an updated property information of the product node, and

a commodity property navigation module configured to perform a commodity property navigation by using the property information of the product node.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the adding the property information to be updated into the property information corresponding to the product node to generate the updated property information of the product node comprises:

in response to the determining that the property information corresponding to the product node does not include property information to be updated corresponding to one or more commodities under the product node and a number of the one or more commodities is greater than a predetermined value, the adding the property information to be updated into the property information corresponding to the product node to generate the updated property information of the product node.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of components further comprises:

a navigation time counting module configured to;

determine a number that the commodity property navigation has been performed in a predetermined time period using individual pieces of the updated property information of the product node as a key word; and

determine one or more pieces of the updated property information that have the number greater than one predetermined value; and

a commodity property navigation module configured to perform an addition commodity property navigation using the one or more pieces of the update property information of the product node.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of components further comprise:

a mapping relation establishing module configured to establish a mapping relation between property information of each product node and property information of commodities corresponding to the each product node according to a product information database and a commodity information database, and

a property information correcting module configured to update the property information of commodities corresponding to the each product node for the each product node based on the established mapping relation.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the property information comprises properties and property values, and the properties comprise single value properties and non-single-value properties.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the establishing the mapping relation comprising:

establishing a property mapping relation between a single value property of one product node and a single value property of commodities under the one product node if the single value property of one product node and a single value property of commodities under the one product node belong to one category and have a same or synonymous property name; and

establishing a property value mapping relation between a single property value of one product node and a single property value of commodities under the one product node if the single property value of one product node and a single property value of commodities under the one product node belong to one category and have a same or synonymous property name.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the updating the property information of commodities corresponding to each product node for each product node based on the established mapping relation comprises:

complementing one single value property and a corresponding property value of the one product node that do not exist in corresponding property information of commodities under the one product node based on the property mapping relation; and

correcting property values in property values of commodities under the one? product node that are inconsistent with property values of the one product node based on the property value mapping relation.

15. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, instruct the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

determining property information corresponding to a product node in a product information database and property information corresponding to commodities under the product node, the product node being obtained by grouping commodities that belong to a category and have key property information;

determining that the property information corresponding to the product node does not include property information to be updated corresponding to one or more commodities under the product node;

adding the property information to be updated into the property information corresponding to the product node to generate a updated property information of the product node; and

performing a commodity property navigation by using the property information of the product node.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the adding the property information to be updated into the property information corresponding to the product node to generate the updated property information of the product node comprises:

in response to the determining that the property information corresponding to the product node does not include property information to be updated corresponding to one or more commodities under the product node and a number of the one or more commodities is greater than a predetermined value, the adding the property information to be updated into the property information corresponding to the product node to generate the updated property information of the product node.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the acts further comprise:

determining a number of times that the commodity property navigation has been performed in a predetermined time period using individual pieces of the updated property information of the product node as a key word;

determining one or more pieces of the updated property information that have the number greater than one predetermined value; and

performing an addition commodity property navigation using the one or more pieces of the update property information of the product node.

18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the acts further comprise:

establishing a mapping relation between property information of each product node and property information of commodities corresponding to each product node according to a product information database and a commodity information database; and

updating the property information of commodities corresponding to each product node for each product node based on the established mapping relation.

19. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 18, wherein the property information comprises properties and property values, and the properties comprise single value properties and non-single-value properties.

20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein the establishing the mapping relation comprising:

establishing a property mapping relation between a single value property of one product node and a single value property of commodities under the one product node if the single value property of one product node and a single value property of commodities under the one product node belong to one category and have a same or synonymous property name; and

establishing a property value mapping relation between a single property value of one product node and a single property value of commodities under the one product node if the single property value of one product node and a single property value of commodities under the one product node belong to one category and have a same or synonymous property name.