Method and apparatus for providing a recommendation for learning about an interest of a user
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, via a processor, a query from a user, wherein the query is for a recommendation for learning about an interest of the user;
determining, via the processor, whether the interest of the user is in a list of interests, wherein each particular interest in the list of interests is an interest for which a database of articles contains at least one article for learning about the particular interest, wherein the database of articles is a database storing for each particular article of the articles in the database;
the particular article and a normalized relationship score for the particular article to the interest, wherein the normalized relationship score refers to a normalization of an article-to-interest score on a scale, wherein the article-to-interest score is a score for quantifying a strength of relationship between the interest and the particular article, wherein the article-to-interest score is calculated based upon a sum of normalized relationship scores of terms associated with the particular article to the interest;
retrieving, via the processor, from the database of articles, one or more articles having normalized relationship scores related to the interest in the query for the recommendation about the interest, when the interest is in the list of interests; and
presenting, via the processor, the recommendation to an endpoint device of the user, wherein the recommendation comprises a summary of information about the one or more articles related to the interest that are retrieved, wherein the summary of information about the one or more articles comprises;
bibliographical information for the one or more articles; and
a respective link to the one or more articles, ora respective soft copy of the one or more articles.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a recommendation for learning about an interest are disclosed. For example, the method receives a query for a recommendation for one or more articles for learning about an interest, determines whether the interest of the user is in a list of interests, wherein each particular interest is an interest for which a database contains at least one article for learning about the particular interest, wherein the database is used for storing for each particular article: the particular article and a normalized relationship score for the interest, retrieves from the database, one or more articles having the normalized relationship score related to the interest when the interest is in the list of interests, and presents the recommendation to an endpoint device of the user, wherein the recommendation comprises the one or more articles related to the interest that are retrieved.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, via a processor, a query from a user, wherein the query is for a recommendation for learning about an interest of the user; determining, via the processor, whether the interest of the user is in a list of interests, wherein each particular interest in the list of interests is an interest for which a database of articles contains at least one article for learning about the particular interest, wherein the database of articles is a database storing for each particular article of the articles in the database;
the particular article and a normalized relationship score for the particular article to the interest, wherein the normalized relationship score refers to a normalization of an article-to-interest score on a scale, wherein the article-to-interest score is a score for quantifying a strength of relationship between the interest and the particular article, wherein the article-to-interest score is calculated based upon a sum of normalized relationship scores of terms associated with the particular article to the interest;retrieving, via the processor, from the database of articles, one or more articles having normalized relationship scores related to the interest in the query for the recommendation about the interest, when the interest is in the list of interests; and presenting, via the processor, the recommendation to an endpoint device of the user, wherein the recommendation comprises a summary of information about the one or more articles related to the interest that are retrieved, wherein the summary of information about the one or more articles comprises; bibliographical information for the one or more articles; and a respective link to the one or more articles, or a respective soft copy of the one or more articles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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receiving a query from a user, wherein the query is for a recommendation for learning about an interest of the user; determining whether the interest of the user is in a list of interests, wherein each particular interest in the list of interests is an interest for which a database of articles contains at least one article for learning about the particular interest, wherein the database of articles is a database storing for each particular article of the articles in the database;
the particular article and a normalized relationship score for the particular article to the interest, wherein the normalized relationship score refers to a normalization of an article-to-interest score on a scale, wherein the article-to-interest score is a score for quantifying a strength of relationship between the interest and the particular article, wherein the article-to-interest score is calculated based upon a sum of normalized relationship scores of terms associated with the particular article to the interest;retrieving, from the database of articles, one or more articles having normalized relationship scores related to the interest in the query for the recommendation about the interest, when the interest is in the list of interests; and presenting the recommendation to an endpoint device of the user, wherein the recommendation comprises a summary of information about the one or more articles related to the interest that are retrieved, wherein the summary of information about the one or more articles comprises; bibliographical information for the one or more articles; and a respective link to the one or more articles, or a respective soft copy of the one or more articles. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising; receiving a query from a user, wherein the query is for a recommendation for learning about an interest of the user; determining whether the interest of the user is in a list of interests, wherein each particular interest in the list of interests is an interest for which a database of articles contains at least one article for learning about the particular interest, wherein the database of articles is a database storing for each particular article of the articles in the database;
the particular article and a normalized relationship score for the particular article to the interest, wherein the normalized relationship score refers to a normalization of an article-to-interest score on a scale, wherein the article-to-interest score is a score for quantifying a strength of relationship between the interest and the particular article, wherein the article-to-interest score is calculated based upon a sum of normalized relationship scores of terms associated with the particular article to the interest;retrieving, from the database of articles, one or more articles having normalized relationship scores related to the interest in the query for the recommendation about the interest, when the interest is in the list of interests; and presenting the recommendation to an endpoint device of the user, wherein the recommendation comprises a summary of information about the one or more articles related to the interest that are retrieved, wherein the summary of information about the one or more articles comprises; bibliographical information for the one or more articles; and a respective link to the one or more articles, or a respective soft copy of the one or more articles.
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