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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2013
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, George Town, KY;
Zhiqiang Chen, Hangzhou, CN;
Haijie Gu, Hangzhou, CN;
Jidong Shao, Hangzhou, CN;
Guli Lin, Hangzhou, CN;
Shui Liu, Hangzhou, CN;
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Cayman Islands, KY;
Abstract
Determining a characteristic group is disclosed, including: retrieving stored mapping relationship data for first objects and second objects, wherein the mapping relationship data describes connections between the first objects and the second objects; determining a candidate group including at least some of the first objects and at least some of the second objects based at least in part on the mapping relationship data, wherein any first object included in the candidate group is associated with another first object included in the candidate group via one or more other first object(s) or second object(s) included in the candidate group; determining a first characteristic value associated with the candidate group based at least in part on a number of first objects that are included in the candidate group; and determining whether the candidate group comprises a characteristic group based at least in part on the first characteristic value.