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Strategies for providing diverse recommendations

  • US 7,542,951 B1
  • Filed: 10/31/2005
  • Issued: 06/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating diverse recommendations, the method implemented at least in part by a computing device and comprising:

  • providing at least one source of information from which to generate recommendations;

    generating a set of original recommendations based on said at least one source of information;

    generating a set of diverse recommendations from the set of original recommendations based on repulsion force analysis applied to the set of original recommendations, wherein the repulsion force analysis ensures that at least one recommendation is separated from a reference by at least a sufficient amount to provide a desired degree of variation between said at least one recommendation and the reference; and

    providing the set of diverse recommendations to a user,wherein the reference is another recommendation, such that the repulsion force analysis ensures that said at least one recommendation is separated from the other recommendation by the sufficient amount.

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