Patent ID: 7647300
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a search query; identifying a plurality of item identifiers responsive to the search query, wherein each item identifier is associated with an item offered for sale and comprises information regarding the item; selecting a first group of item identifiers from the plurality of item identifiers, wherein the first group of item identifiers was received from a vendor feed, the vendor feed comprising information from at least one vendor offering one or more items for sale; selecting a second group of item identifiers from the plurality of item identifiers, wherein the second group of item identifiers was obtained by extraction of item identifiers from shopping documents offering one or more items for sale, the shopping documents not received directly from a vendor feed; determining a degree of certainty that an item identifier has been correctly associated with an item, wherein the degree of certainty is based on a determination of accuracy of the information received for each item, the accuracy determination based at least in part on whether the information was received from a vendor feed; and generating an output to display at least one item identifier from the first group in a visually distinct way from at least one item identifier from the second group.