Patent ID: 6947936
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer based method for categorization of an item comprising: providing a plurality of categories organized in a hierarchy of categories; providing a plurality of categorizers corresponding to the plurality of categories; featurizing the item to create a list of item features; using the list of item features in a categorizer system including the plurality of categorizers for determining a plurality of levels of goodness, wherein using the list of item features determines the plurality of levels of goodness using a process to quantify the plurality of levels of goodness, to prioritize the plurality of levels of goodness, and to resolve two levels of goodness into a third level of goodness; using one of the plurality of levels of goodness for invoking an additional categorizer of the plurality of categorizers as required; categorizing the item in the categorizer system in the plurality of categories based on the respective plurality of levels of goodness; and returning the item categorized.