Patent ID: 8417562

Claim:
A method for generating a risk score for use in automated processing of correction submissions, the method comprising: performing by one or more computers: receiving correction information specifying a proposed correction of a specific attribute of an item description for an item, the item description including a plurality of attributes that describe the item including said specific attribute; generating a first set of one or more characterization values for the proposed correction to the specific attribute according to a first set of one or more criteria; generating a second set of one or more characterization values for the current value of the specific attribute according to a second set of one or more criteria; generating one or more difference values between one or more corresponding characterization values of the first and the second sets of one or more characterization values; based on the one or more difference values, generating a risk score for the proposed correction, the risk score quantifying a level of risk associated with automatically accepting the proposed correction to the specific attribute; and storing the risk score in a data store.