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US 2026/0037104 A1Published application
System for assisting searches for codes corresponding to items using decision trees
AssigneeAvalara, Inc.
InventorManoj Mahalingam Swaminathan
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Abstract
Systems and methods electronically assist a user in searching for codes corresponding to items by using decision trees. Entities are often required to follow specific rules based on classifications, or codes, corresponding to items. The systems and methods described herein allow entities to easily search for and obtain codes corresponding to entities by facilitating navigation through multiple decision trees by navigating from one decision tree to another.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, result in operations including at least:
- storing trees, in which each tree includes a root node, in which a root node of one of the trees is not shared with a root node of another one of the trees, branch nodes in which certain ones of the branch nodes of the tree are coupled with the root node of the tree and others of the branch nodes of the tree are coupled with the certain ones of the branch nodes, each tree further including at least one leaf node coupled with at least one of the branch nodes of the tree, in which, for at least one respective tree, at least one node coupled to the respective tree is navigable from at least one node from at least one other tree;
- receiving a dataset for an item;
- extracting one or more parameters from the dataset, each of the one or more parameters comprising at least one item attribute for at least one of the stored trees;
- identifying a first tree in the stored trees, based on the extracted one or more parameters, the first tree having a first root node and first branch nodes;
- and
- remotely causing, via a network, a screen of a remote client computer to present a user interface (UI), the UI presenting a selected first branch node that is identified responsive to the item attribute, at least some of the first branch nodes that are coupled with the selected first branch node and at least one of first leaf nodes, in which the UI presents to a user options for selecting one of the presented first branch nodes.
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A method comprising:
- storing trees, in which each tree includes a root node, in which a root node of one of the trees is not shared with a root node of another one of the trees, branch nodes in which certain ones of the branch nodes of the tree are coupled with the root node of the tree and others of the branch nodes of the tree are coupled with the certain ones of the branch nodes, each tree further including at least one leaf node coupled with at least one of the branch nodes of the tree, in which, for at least one respective tree, at least one node coupled to the respective tree is navigable from at least one node from at least one other tree;
- receiving a dataset for an item;
- extracting one or more parameters from the dataset, each of the one or more parameters comprising at least one item attribute for at least one of the stored trees;
- identifying a first tree in the stored trees, based on the extracted one or more parameters, the first tree having a first root node and first branch nodes;
- and
- remotely causing, via a network, a screen of a remote client computer to present a user interface (UI), the UI presenting a selected first branch node that is identified responsive to the item attribute, at least some of the first branch nodes that are coupled with the selected first branch node and at least one of first leaf nodes, in which the UI presents to a user options for selecting one of the presented first branch nodes.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computer processor, cause operations to be performed, the operations including:
- storing trees, in which each tree includes a root node, in which a root node of one of the trees is not shared with a root node of another one of the trees, branch nodes in which certain ones of the branch nodes of the tree are coupled with the root node of the tree and others of the branch nodes of the tree are coupled with the certain ones of the branch nodes, each tree further including at least one leaf node coupled with at least one of the branch nodes of the tree, in which, for at least one respective tree, at least one node coupled to the respective tree is navigable from at least one node from at least one other tree;
- receiving a dataset for an item;
- extracting one or more parameters from the dataset, each of the one or more parameters comprising at least one item attribute for at least one of the stored trees;
- identifying a first tree in the stored trees, based on the extracted one or more parameters, the first tree having a first root node and first branch nodes;
- and
- remotely causing, via a network, a screen of a remote client computer to present a user interface (UI), the UI presenting a selected first branch node that is identified responsive to the item attribute, at least some of the first branch nodes that are coupled with the selected first branch node and at least one of first leaf nodes, in which the UI presents to a user options for selecting one of the presented first branch nodes.
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