Patent AU-2014357328-B2 (AU)
Title: Ranking autocomplete results based on a business cohort
Inventor: JOSEPH SONY
IPC: G06F16/9038
Filed: 2014-05-16
Granted: 2020-06-18
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date W O 2015/174997 Al 19 November 2015 (19.11.2015) W IP I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every G06Q 10/10 (2012.01) G06Q 10/06 (2012.01) kind <f national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (21) InternationalApplicationNumber: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, PCT/US2014/038394 DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (22) International Filing Date: HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, 16 May 2014 (16.05.2014) KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (25) Filing Language: English OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (26) Publication Language: English SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, (30) Priority Data: Zw. 14/276,580 13 May 2014 (13.05.2014) US (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (71) Applicant: INTUIT INC. [US/US]; 2700 Coast Avenue, kind (f regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, Mountain View, California 94043 (US). GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, (72) Inventors: JOSEPH, Sony; c/o Intuit Inc., 2700 Coast UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043 (US). TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, Fl, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, IZRAILEVSKY, Ilya A.; 1560 Nuthatch Lane, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, Sunnyvale, California 94087 (US). TRIPATHY, Sunil K.; TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, 4216VerdigrisCircle,SanJose,California95134(US). KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (74) Agent: SAHASRABUDDHE, Laxman; 2820 Fifth Street, Published: Davis, California 95618 (US). - with international search report (Art. 21(3)) - (54) Title: RANKING AUTOCOMPLETE RESULTS BASED ON A BUSINESS COHORT - 0 (57) Abstract: During this autocomplete technique, auto complete results for data-entry information from a user are ranked based on financial-transaction histories of a group of RECEIVE DATA-ENTRY INFORMATION entities and the user, where the group of entities and the user belong to a common business cohort. In particular, the busi ness cohort may include entities that: are located proximate to the user, have a similar size as a business associated with DETERMINE AUTOCOMPLETE RESULTS BASED ON THE DATA-ENTRY the user (such as a similar number of employees and/or simil INFORMATION ar revenue), and/or occur frequently in a financial-transaction -- J history of the user (and don't occur frequently in the finan cial-transaction histories of the group of entities). The rank DETERMINE A BUSINESS COHORT ing may be used to increase the accuracy or relevance of the (OPTIONAL) autocomplete results to the user. For example, the ranking 114 may give preference in the autocomplete results to entities in the group of entities. CALCULATE A RANKING OF THE AUTOCOMPLETE RESULTS BASED ON FINANCIAL-TRANSACTION HISTORIES OF ENTITIES IN THE BUSINESS PRESENT A SUBSET OF THE AUTOCOMPLETE RESULTS BASED ON THE CALCULATED RANKING (OPTIONAL)