Patent ID: 8463805

Claim:
A method for mapping product identification data to product information contained in a product information database, the product information database further comprising product classifications, the method comprising: receiving product identification data; predicting at least one first classification of the product identification data; generating a query based on a subset of the received product identification data and at least one predicted first classification; searching the product information database using the query; qualifying one or more results of the query at least in part using the at least one predicted first classification; determining a mapping prediction for each of the one or more results of the query, the mapping prediction including a first label and a first probability, the first label including a proposition that the product identification data indicates a product that is out of scope of the product information database, the first probability including a likelihood that the proposition is true; if the first probability exceeds a first uncertainty threshold, identifying a product associated with the received product identification data as out of scope of the product information database; and mapping the received product identification data to a result qualifying at or above a qualification threshold.