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US 8,150,742 B2Granted
System and method for managing merchandise information
AssigneeChi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorYin-Yuan Su
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Abstract
A system and method for managing merchandise information include acquiring merchandise information of a plurality of merchandises, and setting a plurality of categories and multi-level sub-categories to classify the merchandises. The system and method further include calculating a relative coefficient between a selected merchandise and each of the other merchandises in a same category as the selected merchandise, selecting related merchandises by comparing calculated relative coefficients with a threshold value, and linking the related merchandises to the selected merchandise.
Claims12
A method for managing merchandise information, the method comprising:
- acquiring merchandise information of a plurality of merchandises, and storing the merchandise information into a storage system of an electronic device;
- setting a plurality of categories and multi-level sub-categories, and classifying the plurality of merchandises into corresponding categories and sub-categories, wherein each of the categories and sub-categories is assigned a level, and each level is assigned to a serial number;
- calculating a relative coefficient between a selected merchandise and each of the other merchandises in the same category as the selected merchandise according to a price coefficient, a category coefficient and a formula of F(x)=(N/M)*R1+(1-O/P)*R2, wherein:
- F(x) represents the relative coefficient of two merchandises in the same category;
- N represents a serial number of a level of the same sub-category if the two merchandises both belong to the same sub-category, or represents a serial number of a level of the category if the two merchandises do not belong to the same sub-category;
- M represents a total number of levels that the category has
- R1 represents a proportion between the category coefficient and the relative coefficient;
- O represents a price difference between the two merchandises;
- P represents a sum of prices of the two merchandises;
- and
- R2 represents a proportion between the price coefficient and the relative coefficient;
- predefining a threshold value to compare with calculated relative coefficients;
- determining one or more relative coefficients that are larger than the threshold value, and selecting related merchandises corresponding to the determined relative coefficients;
- linking the related merchandises to the selected merchandise;
- and
- displaying the merchandise information and the linked merchandises of the selected merchandise on a display of the electronic device.
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A computing system for managing merchandise information stored in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising:
- a storage system to store merchandise information of a plurality of merchandises;
- at least one processor;
- and
- one or more programs stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising:
- a setting module operable to set a plurality of categories and multi-level sub-categories, and classify the plurality of merchandises into corresponding categories and sub-categories, wherein each of the categories and sub-categories is assigned a level, and each level is assigned to a serial number;
- a calculating module operable to calculate a relative coefficient between a selected merchandise and each of the other merchandises in the same category as the selected merchandise according to a price coefficient a category coefficient and a formula of F(x)=(N/M)*R1+(1-O/P)*R2, wherein:
- F(x) represents the relative coefficient of two merchandises in the same category;
- N represents a serial number of a level of the same sub-category if the two merchandises both belong to the same sub-category, or represents a serial number of a level of the category if the two merchandises do not belong to the same sub-category;
- M represents a total number of levels that the category has;
- R1 represents a proportion between the category coefficient and the relative coefficient;
- O represents a price difference between the two merchandises;
- P represents a sum of prices of the two merchandises;
- and
- R2 represents a proportion between the price coefficient and the relative coefficient;
- a linking module operable to predefine a threshold value to compare with calculated relative coefficients, determine one or more relative coefficients that are larger than the threshold value, select related merchandises corresponding to the determined relative coefficients, and link the related merchandises to the selected merchandise;
- and
- a displaying module operable to display the merchandise information and the linked merchandises of the selected merchandise on a display of the electronic device.
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A storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a method for managing merchandise information, the method comprising:
- acquiring merchandise information of a plurality of merchandises, and storing the merchandise information into a storage system of an electronic device;
- setting a plurality of categories and multi-level sub-categories, and classifying the plurality of merchandises into corresponding categories and sub-categories, wherein each of the categories and sub-categories is assigned a level, and each level is assigned to a serial number;
- calculating a relative coefficient between a selected merchandise and each of the other merchandises in the same category as the selected merchandise according to a price coefficient, a category coefficient and a formula of F(x)=(N/M)*R1+(1-O/P)*R2, wherein:
- F(x) represents the relative coefficient of two merchandises in the same category;
- N represents a serial number of a level of the same sub-category if the two merchandises both belong to the same sub-category, or represents a serial number of a level of the category if the two merchandises do not belong to the same sub-category;
- M represents a total number of levels that the category has
- R1 represents a proportion between the category coefficient and the relative coefficient;
- O represents a price difference between the two merchandises;
- P represents a sum of prices of the two merchandises;
- and
- R2 represents a proportion between the price coefficient and the relative coefficient;
- predefining a threshold value to compare with calculated relative coefficients;
- determining one or more relative coefficients that are larger than the threshold value, and selecting related merchandises corresponding to the determined relative coefficients;
- linking the related merchandises to the selected merchandise;
- displaying the merchandise information and the linked merchandises of the selected merchandise on a display of the electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.