System and method for retrieving and normalizing product information
View Patent ↗A system and method for retrieving and normalizing product information is described. The system may collect product information from suppliers. The product information may relate to a product that is described differently by two or more of suppliers. The system may further provide a normalized representation of the product.
1. A system, comprising:
a data collector, implemented by one or more processors, that is configured to collect product information from a plurality of suppliers, the product information relates to a product that is described differently by two or more of the plurality of suppliers; and
a normalization engine that is configured to provide a normalized representation of the product.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the normalization engine provides a normalized attribute-value pair.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the normalization engine provides a normalized description of a product type.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data collector is further configured to scrape sites associated with the two or more suppliers.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data collector is further configured to store the product information in a database and identify the product as already described in the database.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the product information includes a stock keeping unit.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the normalized representation of the product includes a canonical representation of a plurality of domains.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the normalized representation of the product includes a canonical representation of a plurality of values.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the normalized representation of the product includes a canonical representation of a plurality of attributes.
10. A method, comprising:
collecting, by a computer system, product information from a plurality of suppliers, the product information relating to a product that is being described differently by two or more of the plurality of suppliers, the collecting being performed by at least one processor; and
providing a normalized representation of the product.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the providing the normalized representation of the product includes providing a normalized attribute-value pair.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the providing the normalized representation of the product includes providing a normalized description of a product type.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the collecting the product information from a plurality of suppliers includes scraping sites associated with the two or more suppliers.
14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising storing the product information in a database and identifying the product as already being described in the database.
15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the product information includes a stock keeping unit.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the normalized representation of the product includes a canonical representation of a plurality of domains.
17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the normalized representation of the product includes a canonical representation of a plurality of values.
18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the normalized representation of the product includes a canonical representation of a plurality of attributes.
19. One or more machine-readable hardware storage devices storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
collecting, by a computer system, product information from a plurality of suppliers, the product information relating to a product that is described differently by two or more of the plurality of suppliers; and
providing a normalized representation of the product.
20. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 19 , wherein the normalized representation of the product includes a canonical representation of a plurality of attributes.