Group Recommendations in Social Networks
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1. A system for providing a group recommendation to a group of users collectively, the group of users comprising a subset of a social network, the system comprising:
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memory coupled to the processor;
an analysis component stored in the memory and operable on the processor to produce a plurality of individual recommendations for an item, based on trust relationships between members of the group of users and members of the social network that are not members of the group of users; and
an aggregation component stored in the memory and operable on the processor to aggregate the plurality of individual recommendations to produce the group recommendation.
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Abstract
Providing a recommendation to a group of networked members is disclosed. The recommendation is provided to the group collectively, and is based on trust relationships between the members of the network. In an example embodiment, the network is a social network. Example systems and methods include a two-phase approach and a one-phase approach, each including analysis and aggregation of input associated with members of the network.
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1. A system for providing a group recommendation to a group of users collectively, the group of users comprising a subset of a social network, the system comprising:
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a processor; memory coupled to the processor; an analysis component stored in the memory and operable on the processor to produce a plurality of individual recommendations for an item, based on trust relationships between members of the group of users and members of the social network that are not members of the group of users; and an aggregation component stored in the memory and operable on the processor to aggregate the plurality of individual recommendations to produce the group recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more computer readable media comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, direct the computer processor to provide a recommendation to a group of users collectively, the group of users comprising a subset of a social network, the providing comprising:
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designating trust relationships between members of the social network; collecting input from members of the social network regarding an item; analyzing, by a computer processor, the input in conjunction with the designated trust relationships; producing, by the computer processor, individual recommendations based on the analyzing; aggregating, by the computer processor, the individual recommendations to produce an aggregated recommendation; and outputting the aggregated recommendation to the group. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer implemented method of providing a recommendation to a group of users collectively, the group of users comprising a subset of a social network, the method comprising:
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designating trust relationships between members of the social network; collecting input from members of the social network regarding an item; analyzing, by a computer processor, the input in conjunction with the designated trust relationships; aggregating, by the computer processor, the input based on the analyzing and an aggregation algorithm; producing, by the computer processor, a group recommendation based on the analyzing and the aggregating; and outputting the group recommendation to the subset. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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