Patent ID: 7647309
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for determining a display configuration based on a relevance of items within a category, the system comprising: a computing device comprising a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to execute: a catalog component configured to identify a plurality of items for which a display configuration is to be generated; a relevance component configured to identify browse relevance data for each of the plurality of items, the browse relevance data comprising available data from browse data relating to browse habits of a plurality of users with respect to each item, popularity data relating to each item, newness data relating to an amount of time that each item has been available, category fit data indicating a determined measure of relatedness between each item and the category, a prediction boost score for each item that is part of a market trend or based on a popular theme, and price range data relating to the price of each item with respect to the other items in the category; a relevance analyzer component configured to create an ordered list of browse relevance scores for each of the plurality of items within the category based at least in part on the determined browse relevance score for each item, the browse relevance score for each of the plurality of items with respect to the category being calculated by: summing at least a category fit score calculated at least in part using the category fit data, a browse score calculated at least in part using the browse data, and a popularity score calculated at least in part using the popularity data, the prediction boost score, and the newness data; and multiplying a result of the summing for each item by a price range score for the item; and a display component configured to arrange a display of items based on the ordered list of browse relevance scores.