USER-DIRECTED PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS

• US 20120023122A1
• Filed: 10/03/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gregov, Andrej, Harbick, Andrew, Linden, Greg, Pak, Jonathan, Petersen, Josh
• Granted Patent: US 8,606,770 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/767
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A facility for generating item recommendations is described. In one embodiment, the facility displays a plurality of item indications each indicating an item. The facility then receives user input selecting one or more of the displayed item indications, and selects as seed items the items indicated by the selected item indications. The facility then uses the selected seed items to generate a list of recommended items, and displays the generated list of recommended items.

Claims

1. A method in a computing system for generating item recommendations for a user, comprising:

receiving a search request from the user;

responsive to the search request, identifying a plurality of items based on the search request;

generating a list of recommended items each based on one or more of the plurality of items; and

causing the display of the generated list of recommended items to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying a plurality of items based on the search request includes prioritizing the plurality of items based on the search request.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising removing an item from the plurality of items based on the search request in response to a request from the user.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising adding an item to the plurality of items based on the search request in response to a request from the user.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a control for managing items from the plurality of items based on the search request.

3. The method of claim 3, wherein generating a list of recommended items each based on one or more of the plurality of items comprises generating a list of recommended items based on the prioritized search results of the plurality of items.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the prioritized search results of the plurality stems includes a subset of the prioritized search results.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the subset of the prioritized search results corresponds to predetermined number of prioritized search results.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the identified number is manually determined by the user.

10. A computing device having a processor and a memory, the computing device for executing computer-readable instructions that cause the computing device to:

receive a search request from a user;

responsive to the search request, identify a plurality of items based on the search request;

generate a list of recommended items each based on one or more of the plurality of items; and

cause the display of the generated list of recommended items to the user.

11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the computing device is configured to prioritize the plurality of items based on the search request.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the computing device is further operable to select a subset of the prioritized search results.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the subset of the prioritized search results corresponds to predetermined number of prioritized search results.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the identified number is manually determined by the user.

15. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the computing device is further operable to remove an item from the plurality of items based on the search request in response to a request from the user.

16. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the computing device is further operable to add an item to the plurality of items based on the search request in response to a request from the user.

17. A method in a computing system for generating item recommendations for a user, comprising:

receiving a search request from the user;

responsive to the search request, identifying a plurality of items based on the search request;

generating a list of recommended items each based on one or more of the plurality of items; and

causing the display of the generated list of recommended items to the user.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising identifying one or more top search results of the plurality of items based on the search request.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein generating a list of recommended items each based on one or more of the plurality of items comprises generating a list of recommended items based on the one or more top search results of the plurality of items.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more top search results of the plurality of items comprises a plurality of top search results.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the plurality of items are ranked based on the search request.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein identifying the one or more top search results of the plurality of items based on the search request comprises identifying a number of top search results of the plurality of items based on the rank.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the identified number of top search results is obtained from the user.