DETERMINING A SCORE FOR A PRODUCT BASED ON A LOCATION OF THE PRODUCT

Patent №

US 8,554,757

Granted

2013-10-08

Filed 2012

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

3

nlp · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13343163

A method, computer-readable storage medium, and computer system are provided. In an embodiment, a request is received from a requestor. The request specifies a search term and a plurality of weights of a plurality of criteria. A plurality of products are found that satisfy the search term. A plurality of locations where the plurality of products are located are determined. A plurality of scores of the plurality of locations are calculated based on the plurality of weights of the plurality of criteria and a plurality of ratings of the plurality of criteria at the plurality of locations. A best product of the plurality of products located at a best location with a best score of the plurality of scores is selected. In an embodiment, a supplier of the product that is not selected as the best product is notified of the score.

AI classification

Planning1.00
Natural language0.64
AI hardware0.52
Knowledge representation0.42
Machine learning0.05
Evolutionary computation0.02
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 274760028

Assignors

BRANSON, MICHAEL J., HINTERMEISTER, GREGORY R.

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

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