Scheme for presenting recommended items through network using client preference estimating factor information
First Claim
1. A recommended item presentation method, comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information of a plurality of clients which is information according to which a preference of each client is to be estimated; and
(b) receiving a recommended item presentation request and a client preference estimating factor information of one client from an item provider server for providing items to a plurality of clients through a network, where the client preference estimating factor information indicates a preference of the one client, without identifying the one client, producing a recommended item list according to the client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information and the client preference estimating factor information, and transmitting the recommended item list to the item provider server.
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Abstract
In a recommended item presentation server, client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information of a plurality of clients is obtained, and when a recommended item presentation request and a client preference estimating factor information of one client is received from an item provider server for providing items to a plurality of clients through a network, where the client preference estimating factor information indicates a preference of the one client, without identifying the one client, a recommended item list is produced according to the client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information and the client preference estimating factor information and transmitted to the item provider server.
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18 Claims
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1. A recommended item presentation method, comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information of a plurality of clients which is information according to which a preference of each client is to be estimated; and
(b) receiving a recommended item presentation request and a client preference estimating factor information of one client from an item provider server for providing items to a plurality of clients through a network, where the client preference estimating factor information indicates a preference of the one client, without identifying the one client, producing a recommended item list according to the client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information and the client preference estimating factor information, and transmitting the recommended item list to the item provider server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A recommended item presentation server, comprising:
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a client preference estimating factor information processing unit configured to obtain client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information of a plurality of clients which is information according to which a preference of each client is to be estimated; and
a recommended item presentation unit configured to receive a recommended item presentation request and a client preference estimating factor information of one client from an item provider server for providing items to a plurality of clients through a network, where the client preference estimating factor information indicates a preference of the one client, without identifying the one client, produce a recommended item list according to the client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information and the client preference estimating factor information, and transmit the recommended item list to the item provider server. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer usable medium having computer readable program codes embodied therein for causing a computer to function as a recommended item presentation server, the computer readable program codes include:
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a first computer readable program code for causing said computer to obtain client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information of a plurality of clients which is information according to which a preference of each client is to be estimated; and
a second computer readable program code for causing said computer to receive a recommended item presentation request and a client preference estimating factor information of one client from an item provider server for providing items to a plurality of clients through a network, where the client preference estimating factor information indicates a preference of the one client, without identifying the one client, produce a recommended item list according to the client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information and the client preference estimating factor information, and transmit the recommended item list to the item provider server.
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18. A method for providing a recommended item presentation service from a recommended item presentation server associated with one item provider server to a plurality of item provider servers for providing items to a plurality of clients through a network, comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information of a plurality of clients which is information according to which a preference of each client is to be estimated, at the recommended item presentation server; and
(b) upon receiving a recommended item presentation request and a client preference estimating factor information of one client from one of the plurality of item provider servers, where the client preference estimating factor information indicates a preference of the one client, without identifying the one client, producing a recommended item list according to the client identifier associated client preference estimating factor information and the client preference estimating factor information and transmitting the recommended item list to the one of the plurality of item provider servers at the recommended item presentation server.
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