Selection and Shopping System Founded on Mobile Architecture
First Claim
1. In a selection and shopping system that provides access to a database of items, a method for providing search results based on individualized user characteristics comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
- retaining in computer memory an inventory of items available for purchase;
attributing identifying data to each of the inventory of items;
obtaining individualized profile data from each of a plurality of users;
retaining in computer memory the individualized profile data from each of the plurality of users;
accepting through remote electronic communication a search query from a user device regarding the inventory of items available for purchase;
determining a correspondence between items available for purchase and the search query based on the individualized profile data wherein the step of determining a correspondence between items available for purchase and the search query based on the individualized profile data is powered by a recommendation engine; and
providing a search result from the recommendation engine comprising a display on the user device of items from the inventory of items that have a correspondence with the search query and the individualized profile data.
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Abstract
A selection and shopping system for providing item recommendations from an inventory of items. The method provides search results based on individualized user characteristics by retaining an inventory of items available for purchase, attributing identifying data to each of the inventory of items, obtaining individualized profile data from each of a plurality of users, retaining the individualized profile data from each of the plurality of users, accepting through remote electronic communication a search query from a user device regarding the inventory of items available for purchase, determining a correspondence between items available for purchase and the search query based on the individualized profile data wherein the step of determining a correspondence between Items available for purchase and the search query based on the individualized profile data is powered by a recommendation engine, and providing a search result from the recommendation engine comprising a display on the user device of items from the inventory of items that have a correspondence with the search query and the individualized profile data.
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21 Claims
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1. In a selection and shopping system that provides access to a database of items, a method for providing search results based on individualized user characteristics comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
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retaining in computer memory an inventory of items available for purchase; attributing identifying data to each of the inventory of items; obtaining individualized profile data from each of a plurality of users; retaining in computer memory the individualized profile data from each of the plurality of users; accepting through remote electronic communication a search query from a user device regarding the inventory of items available for purchase; determining a correspondence between items available for purchase and the search query based on the individualized profile data wherein the step of determining a correspondence between items available for purchase and the search query based on the individualized profile data is powered by a recommendation engine; and providing a search result from the recommendation engine comprising a display on the user device of items from the inventory of items that have a correspondence with the search query and the individualized profile data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 11. The method of claim I wherein the recommendation engine employs a weighting accuracy factor for evaluating a correspondence between items in the inventory and a search query.
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