US 11,869,058 B2
Search result ranking according to inventory information
Muhammad Abeer, Alpharetta, GA (US); and Bhavin Vithalani, Smyrna, GA (US)
Assigned to Home Depot Product Authority, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Home Depot Product Authority, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/957,119.
Application 17/957,119 is a continuation of application No. 16/584,447, filed on Sep. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,514,499.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023115 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/245 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0625 (2013.01) [G06F 16/24569 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for returning a results page responsive to a user search query, the method comprising:
receiving a search query from a user;
determining, responsive to the query, a set of relevant products from a plurality of product listings;
retrieving inventory information respective of each of the relevant products, the inventory information comprising one or more available fulfillment channels respective of each of the relevant products;
calculating a respective fulfillment score for each of the relevant products;
scaling a respective relevance score of each of the relevant products by the respective fulfillment scores;
ranking the relevant products according to the scaled relevance scores; and
returning, to the user, a search result comprising a list of the relevant products, ordered according to the ranking.