Patent ID: 9298830
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program code; the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: determining a degree of correlation by means of a correlation algorithm between items belonging to a finite set of items, wherein each item has at least associated predefined visual indicia and at least a set of additional predefined attributes describing the item that are common to every other item belonging to said finite set of items to inform the process of discovery of said items within said finite set, wherein values of said additional predefined attributes are used to generate said degree of correlation; generating an aggregate score representative of said degree of correlation of at least one attribute of every item against all other said items belonging to said finite set via a weighting algorithm; causing the display of at least one reference item among said finite set of items via its associated visual indicia; and causing the display of a plurality of additional items belonging to said finite set of items via its associated visual indicia according to a representation criterion, wherein said representation criterion is indicative, at least in part, of said aggregate score.