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APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING USER RATINGS OF ITEMS

  • US 20100010877A1
  • Filed: 09/18/2009
  • Published: 01/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for estimating how a particular user of a plurality of users would rate a particular item of a plurality of items, the method comprising:

  • maintaining ratings data that represents ratings given to a plurality of items by a plurality of users, wherein the ratings data indicates that a particular user of the plurality of users has not yet given a rating to a particular item of the plurality of items;

    identifying, from the plurality of items, one or more reference items that have been given ratings similar to ratings given to the particular item that the particular user has not yet rated;

    identifying one or more other users of the plurality of users that have given ratings to the one or more reference items that are substantially similar to ratings given by the particular user to the one or more reference items;

    generating an estimation of how the particular user would rate the particular item based upon ratings given to the particular item by the one or more other users;

    wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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