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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Noel Tenorio, Mountain View, CA (US);
i2 Technologies, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for retrieving information for a user includes a database containing values for one or more parameters of one or more available items, each available item with corresponding parameter values. A matching server receives values for one or more parameters of a target item, these parameters being organized into subsets. The matching server applies the parameter values for the target item against the database and, for each available item and each parameter subset of the target item, computes a distance between the parameter values for the available item and the parameter values for the target item. For each of the parameter subsets, the matching server then applies a weight to the distance to compute a weighted distance for the parameter subset. The matching server computes an overall distance between the available item and the target item based on the weighted distances for the parameter subsets and returns results to the user reflecting the overall distance for the available item. The user may be a buyer and the overall distance for the available item may allow the buyer to make a purchasing decision with respect to the available item.