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Method and apparatus for providing a recommendation for learning about an interest of a user

  • US 10,331,679 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2015
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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