Data Attribution System for Coordinating Aesthetic Attributes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers face challenges in selecting products that coordinate aesthetically across independent online retailers due to the overwhelming magnitude of product inventory and the difficulty of finding items that match color and style preferences, especially when shopping for home décor or apparel.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for data attribution and contextual content creation that programmatically derives and normalizes item attributes, maps them to predefined taxonomies, and generates user interfaces like styleboards to showcase coordinating items across multiple datasets, allowing users to review and manually adjust attributes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If consumers shop across multiple independent online retailers to find coordinating products, then product variety and selection increase, but the complexity of matching aesthetic attributes across catalogs increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a mediator between consumers and multiple independent retailer catalogs. This system normalizes aesthetic attributes (color, style, pattern) across different catalogs using standardized taxonomies, enabling seamless comparison and coordination of products from different sources without requiring consumers to manually match attributes across incompatible data formats.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms product attribute data by changing its parameter representation. It converts diverse attribute formats from different retailers into standardized parameter sets (e.g., color codes, style categories, pattern types), allowing for systematic comparison and coordination. This parameter normalization enables the system to handle product variety across multiple catalogs while maintaining matching simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If consumers manually select coordinating items from overwhelming product inventories, then customization and personalization improve, but time consumption and effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-normalizing and organizing product attributes from multiple catalogs before consumers arrive. It pre-computes coordinate items based on standardized aesthetic attributes and makes them readily available for selection. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for consumers to spend time manually matching attributes, while still allowing them to customize their selections from pre-organized coordinating groups.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by providing consumers with automated tools that allow them to independently select coordinating products based on their preferences. The system automatically identifies coordinate items and presents them in an easily navigable format, allowing consumers to customize their selections without requiring professional designer assistance, thereby reducing both time consumption and effort.
3Measurement precision
If professional designers or stylists are hired to help with product coordination, then aesthetic quality and coordination accuracy improve, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the need for professional designers by enabling consumers to perform the coordination function themselves through automated tools. The system provides algorithmic matching based on normalized aesthetic attributes, delivering coordination accuracy comparable to professional services without the associated costs. Consumers can independently create coordinated product selections using the system's automated recommendations and comparison features.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes the mechanical system of human designers with an automated computational system. Instead of relying on human expertise to evaluate and match aesthetic attributes, the system uses computer algorithms to normalize, compare, and match products based on standardized attribute taxonomies. This substitution maintains coordination accuracy while eliminating the need for expensive professional services.
4Quantity of substance
If data from multiple independent retailers is integrated without normalization, then data volume and product selection increase, but data consistency and attribute comparability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies parameter changes by transforming diverse attribute data from multiple retailers into a standardized parameter framework. It converts varying attribute representations (different color formats, style descriptions, pattern classifications) into consistent standardized parameters using defined taxonomies. This allows the system to maintain large data volumes from multiple sources while ensuring data consistency and attribute comparability across all integrated catalogs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal attribute normalization layer that serves multiple functions simultaneously: it integrates data from different retailers, standardizes attributes for comparison, enables coordination matching, and maintains data consistency. This universal normalization framework allows the system to handle diverse data sources with a single consistent approach, ensuring reliability across the entire integrated catalog while preserving the benefits of multiple data sources.
Data Source
AI summary
A method includes receiving data in an electronic format that describes an item, and assigning a unique identifier to the item. The data is normalized across one or more data sets of data that describe other items. The normalizing includes deriving functional and aesthetic attributes of the item based at least in part on the data that describes the item, where at least one of the derived attributes is not included in the data. The normalizing also includes programmatically mapping the attributes to a defined set of taxonomies for pre-defined attribute types. At least one other item is located in the one or more data sets having attributes that coordinate with the attributes of the item. A user interface that includes a styleboard with an image of the item and an image of the at least one other item having attributes that coordinate with attributes of the item.