Patent ID: 7991651
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying information about items available from a website) comprising: for each of a set of items having consumption rank values not exceeding a rank value threshold and associated with a consumption ranking exceeding a consumption threshold: identifying, by a computing system, a first and second consumption rank value for a selected item for a predetermined number of time periods immediately preceding the current time period, the first consumption rank value corresponding to a consumption rank value of the selected item at a first time period preceding the current time period and the second consumption rank value corresponding to a consumption rank value of the selected item at a second time period preceding the current time period; characterizing, by the computing system, a change in consumption ranking for a selected item based on a comparison between a current rank value associated with the selected item and at least one of the first and second consumption rank values; determining scores for the selected item based upon the current consumption rank value of the selected item and the first and second consumption rank value of the selected item, the scores characterizing the change in consumption ranking undergone by the selected item; and causing the display of an indication of the characterization of change in the selected item.