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Use of web usage trail data to identify relationships between browsable items

  • US 7,159,023 B2
  • Filed: 12/16/2003
  • Issued: 01/02/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer system, comprising:

  • a usage trail data accumulator configured to collect usage trail data descriptive of usage trails of a plurality of users, said usage trail data identifying sequences of network resources accessed by corresponding users during network browsing sessions of such users; and

    a metadata generator configured to analyze the usage trail data collected by the usage trail data accumulator and to generate scores that represent degrees of relationship between specific network resources, said scores being normalized values falling within a bounded range, and being dependent upon the usage trails of the plurality of users.

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