System for providing identifiers for use in connection with a catalog of products
AssigneeW.W. Grainger, Inc.
InventorGeoffry A. Westphal
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Abstract
A system for providing identifiers for use in connection with a catalog of products functions by providing an identifier as a query term to a search engine associated with an Internet server. The results obtained from the Internet server as a result of providing the identifier as the search engine query term are parsed to discern a number of search hits included within the results. If the number of search hits included within the results is within a predefined threshold, the identifier is selected to be used in a catalog to indentify one or more products listed within the catalog of products.
Claims10
A method for providing identifiers for use in connection with a catalog of products, comprising:
- providing an identifier as a query term to search engine associated with an Internet server;
- parsing the results obtained from the Internet server as a result of providing the identifier as the search engine query term to discern a number of search hits included within the results;
- and
- if the number of search hits included within the results is within a predefined threshold, using the identifier in a catalog to indentify one or more products listed within the catalog of products.
A computer-readable media having embedded computer-executable instructions for providing identifiers for use in connection with a catalog of products, the instructions performing steps comprising:
- providing an identifier as a query term to search engine associated with an Internet server;
- parsing the results obtained from the Internet server as a result of providing the identifier as the search engine query term to discern a number of search hits included within the results;
- and
- if the number of search hits included within the results is within a predefined threshold, selecting the identifier as a candidate for use in a catalog to indentify one or more products listed within the catalog of products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.