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Method and apparatus for automated selection, organization, and recommendation of items based on user preference topography

  • US 20060020614A1
  • Filed: 09/26/2005
  • Published: 01/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1997
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for recommending items catered to a particular user'"'"'s preferences, the method comprising:

  • creating an N-dimensional rating space including user ratings of a plurality of products in a recommendation database, the products being represented by a product vector associated with N objectively measurable characteristics where N is greater or equal to one;

    applying a filter for eliminating a portion of the products in the recommendation database, the filter being based on the user'"'"'s exclusive preferences;

    assigning a rating to each un-filtered product in the recommendation database based on the N-dimensional rating space;

    selecting a plurality of maximally unique choices from the rated products for recommendation to the user, the maximally unique choices calculated to be as diverse from one another as possible.

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