Claims
- 1. A method to build a search database, the method including:
analyzing a data item to be stored in the search database using a characteristic rule; and characterizing the data item based on the analyzing thereof; wherein the characterizing is utilized to filter a subsequent search result generated responsive to a search request received against the search database.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data item is a listing and the search database is to support network-based commerce.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the characterizing includes tagging the data item to indicate a characterization.
- 4. A method including:
analyzing a data item associated with a search database utilizing a characteristic rule; characterizing the data item based on the analyzing thereof; receiving a search request against the search database; and filtering a search result based on the characterizing of data items associated with the search database.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the filtering includes tagging the data item to indicate the characterization.
- 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the tagging of the data item includes tagging the listing as potentially being fraudulent.
- 7. The method of claim 4, wherein the filtering includes removing the data item from the search result based on the characterization thereof.
- 8. The method of claim 4, wherein the characterizing of the data item includes identifying the data item as an inappropriate presentation to a user of a particular demographic.
- 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the particular demographic comprises any one of a group including an age demographic, a region demographic, a country demographic, a state demographic, a sex demographic, and a zip code demographic.
- 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the identifying of the data item as inappropriate for the particular demographic includes utilizing a presentation rule that is associated with a country.
- 11. The method of claim 8, further including associating the search result with a demographic based on a physical location of a user.
- 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the physical location of the user is determined when a search request is entered by the user.
- 13. The method of claim 8, further including associating the search result with the particular demographic based on a user profile.
- 14. The method of claim 8, further including associating the search result with the particular demographic based on a web site that receives a search request.
- 15. The method of claim 8, wherein the data item is inappropriate for the particular demographic based on a legal prohibition.
- 16. The method of claim 8, wherein the data item is inappropriate for the particular demographic based on offensive language.
- 17. The method of claim 4, further including normalizing an attribute value in the data item.
- 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the normalizing of the attribute value of the data item comprises any one of a group including normalizing to a standard measurement unit, normalizing to a single currency, and normalizing to a common character set.
- 19. The method of claim 4, wherein the characterizing is performed before receiving a search request.
- 20. A system, the system including:
an analysis module to analyze a data item associated with a search database utilizing a characteristic rule; and a characterizing module to characterize the data item based on the analysis thereof; wherein the characterizing is utilized to filter a subsequent search result based responsive to a search request received against the datbase.
- 21. The system of claim 20, wherein the data item is a listing and the search database is to support network-based commerce.
- 22. The system of claim 20, wherein to characterize includes to tag the data item to indicate a characterization.
- 23. A system including:
an analysis module to analyze a data item associated with a search database utilizing a characteristic rule; a characterizing module to characterize the data item based on the analysis thereof; and a filtering module to receive a search request against the search database and to filter a search result based on the characterization of data items associated with the search database.
- 24. The system of claim 23, wherein the filtering module to filter includes to tag the data item to indicate the characterization.
- 25. The system of claim 24, wherein the filtering module to tag the data item includes to tag a listing as potentially being fraudulent.
- 26. The system of claim 23, wherein the filtering module to filter includes to remove the data item from the search result based on the characterization thereof.
- 27. The system of claim 23, wherein the characterizing module to characterize the data item includes to identify the data item as an inappropriate presentation to a user of a particular demographic.
- 28. The system of claim 27, wherein the particular demographic comprises any one of a group including an age demographic, a region demographic, a country demographic, a state demographic, a sex demographic, and a zip code demographic.
- 29. The system of claim 27, wherein the characterizing module to identify the data item as inappropriate for the particular demographic includes to utilize a presentation rule that is associated with a country.
- 30. The system of claim 27, further including the filtering module to associate the search result with a demographic based on a physical location of a user.
- 31. The system of claim 30, wherein the physical location of the user is determined when a search request is entered by the user.
- 32. The system of claim 27, further including the filtering module to associate the search result with the particular demographic based on a user profile.
- 33. The system of claim 27, further including the filtering module to associated the search result with the particular demographic based on a web site that receives a search request.
- 34. The system of claim 27, wherein the data item is inappropriate for the particular demographic based on a legal prohibition.
- 35. The system of claim 27, wherein the data item is inappropriate for the particular demographic based on offensive language.
- 36. The system of claim 23, further including a normalizer to normalize an attribute value in the data item.
- 37. The system of claim 36, wherein the normalizer to normalize the attribute value of the data item comprises any one of a group including to normalize to a standard measurement unit, to normalize to a single currency, and to normalize to a common character set.
- 38. The system of claim 23, wherein the characterizing module to characterize is performed before the filtering module is to receive a search request.
- 39. A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by the machine, cause the machine to:
analyze a data item to be stored in the search database using a characteristic rule; and characterize the data item based on the analysis thereof; wherein the characterization is utilized to filter a subsequent search result generated responsive to a search request received against the search database.
- 40. A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by the machine, cause the machine to:
analyze a data item to be stored in the search database using a characteristic rule; and characterize the data item based on the analysis thereof; wherein the characterization is utilized to filter a subsequent search result generated responsive to a search request received against the search database.
- 41. A system to use a search database, the system including:
a first means to analyze a data item associated with a search database utilizing a characteristic rule; a second means to characterize the data item based on the analysis thereof; and a third means to receive a search request against the search database and to filter a search result based on the characterization of data items associated with the search database.
- 42. A system to build a search database, the system including:
a first means to analyze a data item to be stored in the search database using a characteristic rule; and a second means to characterize the data item based on the analysis thereof; wherein to characterize is utilized to filter a subsequent search result generated responsive to a search request received against the search database.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/465,835, filed Apr. 25, 2003 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/465,409, filed Apr. 25, 2003, which are both incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (2)
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Date |
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60465835 |
Apr 2003 |
US |
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60465409 |
Apr 2003 |
US |