US 12,105,763 B2
Generation of a sequence of related text-based search queries
Siva Kalyana Pavan Kumar Mallapragada Naga Surya, Atlanta, GA (US); and Carlos Barcelo, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Home Depot Product Authority, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Home Depot Product Authority, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/883,386.
Application 16/883,386 is a continuation of application No. 13/838,195, filed on Mar. 15, 2013, granted, now 10,664,534.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/726,169, filed on Nov. 14, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0285681 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 16/95 (2019.01); G06F 16/9532 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/9532 (2019.01) [G06F 16/9535 (2019.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A method for generating a sequence of related text-based search queries, the method comprising:
extracting a plurality of attributes of a source item from item information related to the source item;
generating a first text-based query comprising a first subset of the plurality of attributes;
searching for a first group of competitor items using the first text-based query;
determining that the first group of competitor items has a number of items that is below a desired number of search results;
generating a second text-based query comprising a second subset of the plurality of attributes, wherein the second subset of the plurality of attributes contains fewer of the plurality of attributes than the first subset of the plurality of attributes, wherein the first text-based query and the second text-based query are generated using the plurality of attributes extracted from the item information related to the source item; and
searching for a second group of competitor items using the second text-based query, wherein the second group of competitor items includes a greater number of items than the first group of competitor items.