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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Herbert Dennis Hunt, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Randall West, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marshall Ashby Gibbs, Jr., Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Bradley Michael Griglione, Lake Zurich, IA (US);
Gregory David Neil Hudson, Riverside, IL (US);
Andrea Basilico, Lomazzo, IT;
Arvid Conrad Johnson, Frankfort, IL (US);
Cheryl G. Bergeon, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Craig Joseph Chapa, Lake Barrington, IL (US);
Alberto Agostinelli, Trezzo sull'Adda, IT;
Jay Alan Yusko, Lombard, IL (US);
Trevor Mason, Boilingbrook, IL (US);
Herbert Dennis Hunt, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Randall West, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marshall Ashby Gibbs, Jr., Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Bradley Michael Griglione, Lake Zurich, IA (US);
Gregory David Neil Hudson, Riverside, IL (US);
Andrea Basilico, Lomazzo, IT;
Arvid Conrad Johnson, Frankfort, IL (US);
Cheryl G. Bergeon, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Craig Joseph Chapa, Lake Barrington, IL (US);
Alberto Agostinelli, Trezzo sull'Adda, IT;
Jay Alan Yusko, Lombard, IL (US);
Trevor Mason, Boilingbrook, IL (US);
Information Resources, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for identifying a classification scheme associated with product attributes of a grouping of products of an entity, receiving a record of data relating to an item of a competitor to the entity, the classification of which is uncertain, receiving a dictionary of attributes associated with products, and assigning a product code to the item, based on probabilistic matching among the attributes in the classification scheme, the attributes in the dictionary of attributes and at least one known attribute of the item.