Groupon, Inc.
METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING NETWORK DATABASE FUNCTIONALITIES

Abstract:

Methods, apparatus and computer program products for improving network database functionalities are discussed herein, such as a computer-implemented method including receiving a network database search query associated with one or more network databases; in response to receiving the network database search query, querying the one or more network databases to identify a plurality of datasets; determining a plurality of taxonomy attributes, each of the plurality of taxonomy attributes being associated with at least one dataset of the plurality of datasets; calculating a taxonomy entropy based on the plurality of taxonomy attributes; comparing the taxonomy entropy to an entropy threshold; in response to the taxonomy entropy satisfying the entropy threshold, generating a dataset ranking based on relevance scores associated with the plurality of datasets; determining one or more taxonomy refinements based on the dataset ranking; and outputting the plurality of datasets and the one or more taxonomy refinements.