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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
Brian Acton, Saratoga, CA (US);
Brian Stolte, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rob Solomon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeff Weiner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Catherine Cadogan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matt Heist, San Carlos, CA (US);
Manish Baldua, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Arendt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Acton, Saratoga, CA (US);
Brian Stolte, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rob Solomon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeff Weiner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Catherine Cadogan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matt Heist, San Carlos, CA (US);
Manish Baldua, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Arendt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for associating data with product abstractions is provided. Steps are provided for associating a particular product with a product category, based on a first data set, wherein the first data set includes data that corresponds to an offer to sell the particular product by a particular party and matching the first data set with a product abstraction associated with the product category to which the particular product corresponds.