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Patent No.:

US 8805856 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Xin Xin Bai, Beijing, CN;

Jin Dong, Beijing, CN;

Ts-Hsin Li, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Zhong Lin Lin, Beijing, CN;

Hai Rong Lv, Beijing, CN;

Wen Jun Yin, Beijing, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system for adjusting a representation of a merchandise hierarchy associated with an entity such as a retailer or wholesaler of products. Product correlation information discovered in that entity's customers' shopping records are obtained and incorporated into an existing merchandise hierarchy with a constraint on the consistency with the existing hierarchy.


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Bai, Xin. (2014). Merchandise hierarchy refinement by incorporation of product correlation (U.S. Patent No. 8805856). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8805856

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