Automatic Selection of Product Categories for Merchandising

Patent №

US 8,548,876

Granted

2013-10-01

Filed 2011

Owner

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

AI components

4

ml · kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13175046

Disclosed are various embodiments for selecting a subset of categories of product items to be used in merchandising. The subset of categories may be selected on a basis of a measured level of interest in the product items. Based on the subset of subcategories that have been selected, merchandising presentations may be automatically formulated and presented to a customer.

AI classification

Planning1.00
Machine learning0.99
AI hardware0.97
Knowledge representation0.94
Natural language0.03
Vision0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

assignment · 266420008

Assignors

FOX, ERIC B., DILLARD, LOGAN LUYET

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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