Data feed item classification
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJeetendra Mirchandani, Matias H. Ganc, Mohit Gupta, Simon C. Vining
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Abstract
This document relates to classification of items included in a data feed. For example, a feed of items is generated for provision to a referral network site. The feed includes some of the items sold through an electronic commerce network site. Item classification information corresponding to an item sold through the electronic commerce network site is identified based upon the taxonomy information of the referral network site and included in the generated feed of items.
Claims19
A method, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining taxonomy information associated with a taxonomy of a referral network site, the taxonomy including a plurality of categories associated with items sold through an electronic commerce network site;
- expanding the taxonomy information based upon related browse paths within a catalog associated with the electronic commerce network site;
- identifying a category corresponding to an item sold through the electronic commerce network site based upon the taxonomy information;
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- generating in a computing device a data feed of a subset of the items sold through the electronic commerce network site, the data feed including the item and item classification information corresponding to the item, the item classification information including the identified category.
A system comprising:
- at least one computing device;
- an electronic commerce system implemented in the at least one computing device and configured to sell a plurality of items over a network;
- an item feed application implemented in the at least one computing device and configured to generate a feed of a subset of the plurality of items for provision to a referral network site over a network, the item feed including item classification information associated with each of the subset of items;
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- an item classification application implemented in the at least one computing device, the item classification application being configured to:
- obtain taxonomy information associated with a taxonomy of a referral network site, the taxonomy including a plurality of categories associated with items sold through the electronic commerce system;
- determine related browse paths within a catalog associated with the electronic commerce network site based upon the taxonomy information;
- identify related items within the related browse paths to expand the taxonomy information;
- determine item classification information associated with at least one of the subset of items based upon the taxonomy information, the item classification information including at least one taxonomy category corresponding to the at least one item;
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- provide the item classification information for inclusion in the item feed.
A computer readable medium embodying a program executable by at least one computing device, comprising:
- an item classification application comprising:
- code that obtains taxonomy information associated with a taxonomy of a referral network site, the taxonomy including a plurality of categories associated with items sold through an electronic commerce network site;
- code that determines related browse paths within a catalog associated with the electronic commerce network site based upon the taxonomy information;
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- code that identifies related items within the related browse paths to expand the taxonomy information;
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- an item feed application configured to generate a feed of a subset of the items sold through the electronic commerce network site for provision to the referral network site over a network, the item feed including item classification information associated with each of the subset of items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.