Patent ID: 9047610
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a computing system having a processor, for generating a list of at least one correlated product to be supplied by a vendor to a prospective customer by the use of a computer, the method comprising: organizing, with the processor, into a searchable data set a plurality of products and attributes of each product; selecting, with the processor, a product having a plurality of attributes; ascertaining, with the processor, the plurality of attributes of the selected product; for each of at least two of the plurality of attributes, selecting, with the processor, from the looked-up products all products that are the closest match to the selected product utilizing predetermined attribute-related criteria to provide best matches; generating, with the processor, an output list of at least one of the best matches from the looked-up products; and outputting the generated output list to the prospective customer, wherein the best matches are ascertained by utilizing predetermined attribute-related criteria and wherein one attribute-related criterion is all products that match on the one attribute that has the least number of products in it.