Recommendation systems and methods using interest correlation
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of recommending products and services comprising the steps of:
- processing user profiles to extract keywords;
identifying which keywords commonly occur together in the same user profiles; and
expanding a search query with additional search terms related to the search query, where the additional search terms are determined using one or more of the identified co-occurring keywords.
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Abstract
A search technology generates recommendations with minimal user data and participation, and provides better interpretation of user data, such as popularity, thus obtaining breadth and quality in recommendations. It is sensitive to the semantic content of natural language terms and lets users briefly describe the intended recipient (i.e., interests, eccentricities, previously successful gifts). Based on that input, the recommendation software system and method determines the meaning of the entered terms and creatively discover connections to gift recommendations from the vast array of possibilities. The user may then make a selection from these recommendations. The search/recommendation engine allows the user to find gifts through connections that are not limited to previously available information on the Internet. Thus, interests can be connected to buying behavior by relating terms to respective items.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of recommending products and services comprising the steps of:
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processing user profiles to extract keywords; identifying which keywords commonly occur together in the same user profiles; and expanding a search query with additional search terms related to the search query, where the additional search terms are determined using one or more of the identified co-occurring keywords. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A software system for recommending products and services comprising:
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a crawler processing user profiles to extract keywords; a handler, in communication with the crawler, receiving keywords that have been identified as commonly occurring together in the same user profiles; and a recommendation engine expanding a search query with additional search terms related to the search query, where the additional search terms are determined using one or more of the identified co-occurring keywords.
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19. A computer apparatus for recommending products and services comprising:
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means for processing user profiles to extract keywords; means for identifying which keywords commonly occur together in the same user profiles; and means for expanding a search query with additional search terms related to the search query, where the additional search terms are determined using one or more of the identified co-occurring keywords.
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20. A computer implemented method of recommending products and services comprising the steps of:
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processing electronic documents to extract keywords; identifying which keywords commonly occur together in the same electronic documents; and expanding a search query with additional search terms related to the search query, where the additional search terms are determined using one or more of the identified co-occurring keywords.
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21. A computer implemented method of recommending products and services comprising the steps of:
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processing user profiles to extract keywords; identifying which keywords commonly occur together in the same user profiles by computing the frequency with which a keyword appears in conjunction with another keyword including; computing the degree to which the two keywords tend to occur together; determining a ratio indicating the frequency with which the two keywords appear together; determining a correlation index indicating the likelihood that users interested in one of the keywords will be interested in the other keyword, as compared to an average profile; processing the computed degree, the determined ratio and the correlation index to determine a percentage of co-occurrence for each keyword; using the percentage of co-occurrence to determine a correlation ratio indicating how often a co-occurring keyword is present when another co-occurring keyword is present; and determining the keywords that commonly occur together in the same user profiles by identifying the keywords having the highest percentage of co-occurrence; and expanding a search query with additional search terms related to the search query, where the additional search terms are determined using one or more of the identified co-occurring keywords.
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22. A computer implemented method of recommending products and services comprising the steps of:
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processing user profiles to extract keywords; identifying which keywords commonly occur together in the same user profiles by weighing the importance of an identified keyword to a subject user profile using a term frequency—
inverse document frequency (idf) weighting calculation to determine the value of the identified keyword as an indication of user interest; andexpanding a search query with additional search terms related to the search query, where the additional search terms are determined using one or more of the identified co-occurring keywords.
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