Physical Site-Contextualized Recommender

• US 20120030063A1
• Filed: 10/10/2011
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2004
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Manyworlds Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Manyworlds Incorporated
• Inventors: Flinn, Steven Dennis, Moneypenny, Naomi Felina
• Application Number:
  US13/269,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20120030063A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.7
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0206 Price or cost determination based on market factors
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

A site-contextualized method, system, and device generates recommendations based on usage behaviors and a physical site layout. The recommendations may comprise one or more products, and a recommendation may be accompanied with an associated price. The recommendations may be based on an inference of a preference and/or in accordance with a physical object. Information as to why the recommendation was delivered to a recommendation recipient may be provided to the recommendation recipient.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a physical site layout through use of a mobile processor-based device; and

receiving a recommendation on a processor-based device, wherein the recommendation is generated in accordance with a plurality of usage behaviors and the site layout.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the site layout through use of the mobile processor-based device, wherein the device is location-aware.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the recommendation, wherein the recommendation is a product.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the recommendation, wherein the recommendation is a bundle comprising a plurality of products.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a price corresponding to the bundle.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the recommendation, wherein the recommendation is generated in accordance with the location of at least one physical object.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the recommendation, wherein the recommendation is based on an inference of a preference.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the recommendation in response to a search request.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information as to why the recommendation was delivered to the recommendation recipient.

10. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

a customer context function that accesses physical site layout information that is provided by a processor-based device; and

a recommendation function executed on a processor-based device that generates a recommendation for delivery to a user in accordance with a plurality of usage behaviors and the site layout information.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a location-aware function that determines location information associated with the site.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

an inference function that infers a preference based on the plurality of usage behaviors.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a product bundle recommendation function that recommends a bundle comprising a plurality of products.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a pricing function that delivers a price to the user for one or more recommended products.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

the recommendation function, wherein the recommendation function generates the recommendation in accordance with the location of at least one physical object.

16. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

the recommendation function, wherein the recommendation function generates the recommendation in response to a search request.

17. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

the recommendation function, wherein the recommendation function generates the recommendation in response to the user'"'"'s gesture.

18. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

an explanatory function that delivers information as to why the recommendation was delivered to the user.

19. A portable processor-based device, comprising:

a global positioning system receiver;

means to capture a plurality of usage behaviors associated with use of the device;

means for storing customer contextualization information, wherein the customer contextualization information includes a physical site layout; and

means to deliver a recommendation to a user of the device, wherein the recommendation is in accordance with the plurality of usage behaviors and the site layout.

20. The device of claim 19, further comprising

means to deliver the recommendation in accordance with a proximity to a physical object.