Clean Dataset Generation from Noisy Customer Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

E-commerce entities face challenges in generating accurate insights and forecasts due to high-dimensional data being noisy, sparse, and fragmented, which affects the accuracy of historical trend analysis and future pattern predictions.

Innovation Solution

A computing system that generates clean datasets from high-dimensional noisy, sparse, and fragmented data by utilizing constraint data and customer profile data to score customer profiles based on their closeness to global distributions, thereby creating a representative subset of data that is less noisy and sparse.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If high-dimensional data is used for insights and forecasts, then the comprehensiveness of analysis is improved, but the accuracy deteriorates due to noise, sparsity, and fragmentation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata comprehensivenessVSAvoidinsights accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the high-dimensional data into multiple subsets, each satisfying specific constraints. By dividing the data into manageable segments that individually meet quality criteria, the system maintains comprehensiveness while improving accuracy of insights generated from each segment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces constraint data as an intermediary between the raw high-dimensional data and the insights generation process. This intermediary layer filters and structures the data to eliminate noise and sparsity while preserving the essential information needed for accurate forecasts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Quantity of substance

If high-dimensional noisy data is processed directly, then the data volume is maintained, but the data quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata volumeVSAvoiddata quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts clean subsets of data from the high-dimensional noisy data by applying constraint-based filtering. This extraction process removes harmful elements (noise, sparsity, fragmentation) while retaining the essential data structures needed for reliable analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameters of data selection by introducing constraint satisfaction criteria. By modifying how data is selected and organized (from raw high-dimensional to constraint-satisfied subsets), the system improves data quality while maintaining sufficient data volume for analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If constraint-based filtering is applied to generate clean subsets, then the data quality is improved, but the processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata qualityVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the complex processing task into manageable steps: obtaining constraint data, generating subsets based on constraints, and verifying constraint satisfaction. This segmentation makes the overall complex process more tractable and implementable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses the constraint data to automatically guide the subset generation process without requiring manual intervention. The constraints themselves serve as the filtering mechanism, making the process self-regulating and reducing operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20240070128A1Methods and apparatus for generating clean datasets from impure datasets
Publication Date: 2024.02.29 WALMART APOLLO LLC
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AI summary

In some examples, a system may, obtain constraint data and customer profile data of a plurality of customers associated with the system. Moreover, for each customer of the plurality of customers, the system may, based on the customer profile data of the customer and the constraint data, generate a score associated with one or more constraints of the plurality of constraints, based on the score of each of the one or more constraints, generate an overall score, and associate the overall score with a customer profile of the customer. Further, the system may, implement operations that generate a clean dataset based on the overall score associated with a customer profile of each of the plurality of customers.