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Recommendation network

  • US 20100306194A1
  • Filed: 06/07/2010
  • Published: 12/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a server configured toassign a trust rating, in response to input from a user source, to a recommender source specifically for a user-defined topic, wherein the trust rating represents a degree of trust that the user source has in the recommender source to provide content recommendations of value specifically for the user-defined topic, wherein the user-defined topic is also defined by the input from the user source,determine a recommendation rating for a content recommendation provided by the recommender source, wherein the content recommendation is for content specified with the user-defined topic, and wherein the recommendation rating represents a degree of preference that the recommender source has for the content, andcalculate a score for the content recommendation by computing the recommendation rating with the trust rating; and

    a client device configured toreceive the input from the user source,provide the input to the server,receive the score from the server, andpresent the score on a display associated with the client device.

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