System and method for rating plural products

• US 8,751,331 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2011
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc. (Paramount Global (f/k/a ViacomCBS Inc.))
• Original Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc. (Paramount Global (f/k/a ViacomCBS Inc.))
• Inventors: Musgrove, Timothy A., Walsh, Robin Hiroko, Gilchrist, Russell
• Primary Examiner(s): Erb, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US13/298,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20120296841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.63
• US Class Current: 705/26.63
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0627 using item specifications

Abstract

A system and method for rating of each of plural products comprising identifying plurality of attributes associated with a category of product, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide scalar value of each attribute for 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.

Claims

1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices for rating items, the method comprising:

receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, search criteria from a user;

querying, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a database based on the search criteria to determine items corresponding to the search criteria;

applying, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a scalar structure to item attributes of the items determined in the querying step to generate scalar values corresponding to the item attributes;

determining, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a competitive index for one or more of the item attributes based on the scalar values, wherein the competitive index for each of the one or more item attributes comprises an average of a maximum percentile rank and a minimum percentile rank of a percentile rank range associated with a scalar value corresponding to that item attribute in an ordered list of the scalar values;

wherein the maximum percentile rank and the minimum percentile rank are not the same for any percentile rank range;

rating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the items based on the competitive index; and

transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the items to be displayed in an organized manner based on the rating.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search criteria correspond to one of multiple predetermined use scenarios.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a competitive index further comprises sequencing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a scalar value of each item attribute.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the item is a product and the item attribute is a product attribute.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search criteria includes weighting values corresponding to the item attributes.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the item attributes are associated with a category in the database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the search criteria includes attributes selected by the user.

8. An apparatus for rating items, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to;

receive search criteria from a user;

query a database based on the search criteria to determine items corresponding to the search criteria;

apply a scalar structure to item attributes of the items determined in the querying step to generate scalar values corresponding to the item attributes;

determine a competitive index for one or more of the item attributes based on the scalar values, wherein the competitive index for each of the one or more item attributes comprises an average of a maximum percentile rank and a minimum percentile rank of a percentile rank range associated with a scalar value corresponding to that item attribute in an ordered list of the scalar values;

wherein the maximum percentile rank and the minimum percentile rank are not the same for any percentile rank range;

rate the items based on the competitive index; and

transmit the items to be displayed in an organized manner based on the rating.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the search criteria correspond to one of multiple predetermined use scenarios.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to determine a competitive index further cause at least one of the one or more processors to:

sequence a scalar value of each item attribute.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the item is a product and the item attribute is a product attribute.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the search criteria includes weighting values corresponding to the item attributes.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein at least some of the item attributes are associated with a category in the database.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the search criteria includes attributes selected by the user.

15. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to perform a method comprising:

receive search criteria from a user;

query a database based on the search criteria to determine items corresponding to the search criteria;

apply a scalar structure to item attributes of the items determined in the querying step to generate scalar values corresponding to the item attributes;

determine a competitive index for one or more of the item attributes based on the scalar values, wherein the competitive index for each of the one or more item attributes comprises an average of a maximum percentile rank and minimum percentile rank of a percentile rank range associated with a scalar value corresponding to that item attribute in an ordered list of the scalar values;

wherein the maximum percentile rank and the minimum percentile rank are not the same for any percentile rank range;

rate the items based on the competitive index; and

transmit the items to be displayed in an organized manner based on the rating.

16. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the search criteria correspond to one of multiple predetermined use scenarios.

17. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the item is a product and the item attribute is a product attribute.

18. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the search criteria includes weighting values corresponding to the item attributes.

19. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least some of the item attributes are associated with a category in the database.

20. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the search criteria includes attributes selected by the user.