System and method for rating plural products
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1. A method executed in a computer system having at least one physical computing device for rating of each of plural products comprising the steps of:
- using a first physical computing device, identifying a plurality of attributes associated with a category of product;
using the first physical computing device, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide a scalar value of each attribute for each of said plural products;
using the first physical computing device or a second physical computing device or a combination of the first and the second physical computing devices, determining a competitive index of each scalar value for each attribute of each product based on said scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having said scalar value, wherein determining said competitive index comprises;
calculating a percentile rank of each scalar value;
calculating the percentile rank range which each scalar value spans; and
determining an average of a maximum percentile rank and a minimum percentile rank of said calculated percentile rank range which each scalar value spans, said competitive index being determined to be said average; and
rating each product on the first physical computing device or the second physical computing device or on the combination of the first and the second physical computing devices based on said determined competitive indexes.
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Abstract
A system and method for rating of each of plural products comprising identifying a plurality of attributes associated with a category of product, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide a scalar value for each attribute of each of the plural products, determining an incremental competitive index for each attribute of each product based on the scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having the scalar value, and rating each product based on the determined competitive index.
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1. A method executed in a computer system having at least one physical computing device for rating of each of plural products comprising the steps of:
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using a first physical computing device, identifying a plurality of attributes associated with a category of product; using the first physical computing device, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide a scalar value of each attribute for each of said plural products; using the first physical computing device or a second physical computing device or a combination of the first and the second physical computing devices, determining a competitive index of each scalar value for each attribute of each product based on said scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having said scalar value, wherein determining said competitive index comprises; calculating a percentile rank of each scalar value; calculating the percentile rank range which each scalar value spans; and determining an average of a maximum percentile rank and a minimum percentile rank of said calculated percentile rank range which each scalar value spans, said competitive index being determined to be said average; and rating each product on the first physical computing device or the second physical computing device or on the combination of the first and the second physical computing devices based on said determined competitive indexes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer system for rating each of plural products comprising:
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a processor; and a memory, communicatively coupled to the processor; wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, the method comprising; storing a plurality of attributes associated with a category of product; applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide a scalar value of each attribute for each of said plural products; determining a competitive index of each scalar value for each attribute of each product based on said scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having said scalar value, wherein determining said competitive index comprises; calculating a percentile rank of each scalar value; calculating the percentile rank range which each scalar value spans; and determining an average of a maximum percentile rank and a minimum percentile rank of said calculated percentile rank range which each scalar value spans, said competitive index being determined to be said average; and rating each product based on said determined competitive index. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer readable medium for rating plural products storing computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute a method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of attributes associated with a category of product; applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide a scalar value of each attribute for each of said plural products; determining a competitive index of each scalar value for each attribute of each product based on said scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having said scalar value of each attribute, wherein determining said competitive index comprises; calculating a percentile rank of each scalar value; calculating the percentile rank range which each scalar value spans; and determining an average of a maximum percentile rank and a minimum percentile rank of said calculated percentile rank range which each scalar value spans, said competitive index being determined to be said average; and rating each product based on said determined competitive indexes. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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