Patent ID: 9747376
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a search query at an information storage and retrieval platform via an electronic communication from a client device; determining a product domain to which the search query is directed based on a keyword in the search query; identifying a data item within the search query based on an application of an aspect rule associated with the product domain to which the search query is directed, the application of the aspect rule identifying the data item as a value of an aspect of a product in the product domain; identifying an additional data item in information pertaining to a listing that is associated with the product domain based on an additional application of the aspect rule, the additional application of the aspect rule identifying the additional data item as the value of the aspect of the product in the product domain; determining that the listing is a match for the search query based on a correspondence between the data item identified within the search query and the additional data item identified in the information pertaining to the listing; and communicating the match for presentation in a user interface as a search result corresponding to the search query, wherein one or more modules are incorporated into the information storage and retrieval platform to configure one or more computer processors of the information storage and retrieval platform to perform the receiving, determining, identifying of the data item, identifying of the additional data item, finding of the match, and the communicating.