Content enhancement for analyzing data in a database
First Claim
1. An electronic commerce system, comprising:
- one or more seller databases coupled with one or more sellers;
a computer system coupled with the one or more seller databases, the computer system comprising a content enhancement module, the content enhancement module configured to;
analyze product data stored in the one or more seller databases using a set of rules, the set of rules comprising generic rules applying to the one or more seller databases that store product data, the generic rules comprising;
a first rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the one or more seller databases have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data;
a second rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the one or more seller databases have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data; and
a third rule indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format;
identify one or more potential errors in the product data according to the set of rules; and
communicate the potential errors to one or more sellers associated with the one or more seller databases.
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Abstract
An electronic commerce system includes a content enhancement module that analyzes the product data stored in a seller database using one or more rules and that identifies one or more potential errors in the product data according to the rules. The rules include one or more generic rules that apply to substantially all seller databases including product data. These generic rules include one or more of the following rules: a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the seller database have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data, a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the seller database have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data, and rules indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format.
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12 Claims
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1. An electronic commerce system, comprising:
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one or more seller databases coupled with one or more sellers; a computer system coupled with the one or more seller databases, the computer system comprising a content enhancement module, the content enhancement module configured to; analyze product data stored in the one or more seller databases using a set of rules, the set of rules comprising generic rules applying to the one or more seller databases that store product data, the generic rules comprising; a first rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the one or more seller databases have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data; a second rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in the one or more seller databases have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data; and a third rule indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format; identify one or more potential errors in the product data according to the set of rules; and communicate the potential errors to one or more sellers associated with the one or more seller databases.
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2. A computer-implemented method for content enhancement, comprising:
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analyzing, by a computer, product data stored in one or more seller databases using one or more rules, the rules comprising one or more generic rules applying to the one or more seller databases that contain product data, the generic rules comprising; a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in one of the one or more seller databases have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data; a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in one of the one or more seller databases have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data; and one or more rules indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format; identifying, by the computer, one or more potential errors in the product data according to the rules; and communicating the potential errors to one or more sellers associated with the one or more seller databases.
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3. A computer-readable storage medium embodied with software enabling content enhancement, the software when executed using one or more computers is configured to:
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analyze the product data stored in one or more seller databases using one or more rules, the rules comprising one or more generic rules applying to the one or more seller databases that contain product data, the generic rules comprising; a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in one of the one or more seller databases have identical product identifiers but have otherwise different product data; a rule indicating that a potential error exists if two products in one of the one or more seller databases have different product identifiers but have otherwise identical product data; and one or more rules indicating that a potential error exists if the values associated with particular generic product attributes have a non-numerical format; identify one or more potential errors in the product data according to the rules; and communicate the potential errors to one or more sellers associated with the one or more seller databases. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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