Automatic matching method and automatic matching system
View Patent ↗An automatic matching method and system which can initially automatically match a category and an original query, and then perform a search within a designated category when matching a subsequent query, and thereby enable a more accurate query matching is provided. According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic matching method and system which can automatically match a category and an original query prior to matching a query and thereby can more exactly match the query within a designated category.
1. A method of building a commodity list for use in searching commodities available for sale on the Internet, comprising:
providing a commodity list comprising names of commodities;
providing an undesirable word list comprising undesirable words to use in identifying commodities;
receiving, from a remote terminal, a proposed phrase for identifying a particular product or service available for sale on the Internet, the proposed phase comprising a first term and a second term that are separated by a space therebetween;
determining whether the commodity list includes the proposed phrase as a whole;
if determined that the commodity list does not include the proposed phrase as a whole, then determining whether the commodity list includes the first term as a whole or the second term as a whole;
if determined that the commodity list includes neither the first term as a whole nor the second term as a whole, then determining whether the first term incorporates one or more undesirable words of the undesirable word list;
if determined that the first term incorporates an undesirable word therein, then removing the undesirable word from the first term so as to create a modified first term excluding the undesirable word;
determining whether the commodity list includes the modified first term as a whole; and
linking the particular product or service to the modified first term in the commodity list such that the particular product or service is searchable in the commodity list using the modified first term.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein if determined that the commodity list includes the modified first term as a whole, then the method further comprises determining the modified first term as a desirable identification for the product or service.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the remote terminal, the desirable identification of the product or service.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving, from the remote terminal, a bid for using the desirable identification for a computerized advertisement service, wherein the computerized advertisement service involves displaying a link to a website for selling the product or service in reply to a computerized search request using the desirable identification.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein if determined that the commodity list does not include the modified first term as a whole, then the method further comprises determining whether the modified first term incorporates any of the names of commodities of the commodity list.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein if determined that the modified first term incorporates two or more names of commodities therein, then the method further comprises transmitting, to the remote terminal, the two or more names of commodities as desirable identifications for the product or service, wherein within the modified first term, the two or more names are not separated by a space therebetween.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein if determined that the modified first term incorporates two or more names of commodities therein, then the method further comprises transmitting, to the remote terminal, the two or more names of commodities as desirable identifications for the product or service, wherein within the modified first term, the two or more names are separated by a space therebetween.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the undesirable word is selected from the group consisting of a word, an expression and a string of letters that describe a quality, quantity, price or aesthetic of the product or service.