CATEGORIZING OBJECTS, SUCH AS DOCUMENTS AND/OR CLUSTERS, WITH RESPECT TO A TAXONOMY AND DATA STRUCTURES DERIVED FROM SUCH CATEGORIZATION

摘要

A Website may be automatically categorized by (a) accepting Websiteinformation, (b) determining a set of scored clusters (e.g., semantic, term co-occurrence, etc.) for the Website using the Website information, and (c)determining at least one category (e.g., a vertical category) of a predefinedtaxonomy using at least some of the set of clusters. A semantic cluster (e.g.,a term co-occurrence cluster) may be automatically associated with one or morecategories (e.g., vertical categories) of a predefined taxonomy by (a)accepting a semantic cluster, (b) identifying a set of a one or more scoredconcepts using the accepted cluster, (c) identifying a set of one or morecategories using at least some of the one or more scored concepts, and (d)associating at least some of the one or more categories with the semanticcluster. A property (e.g., a Website) may be associated with one or morecategories (e.g., vertical categories) of a predefined taxonomy by (a)accepting information about the property, (b) identifying a set of a one ormore scored semantic clusters (e.g., term co-occurrence clusters) using theaccepted property information, (c) identifying a set of one or more categories(e.g., vertical categories) using at least some of the one or more scoredsemantic clusters, and (d) associating at least some of the one or morecategories with the property.