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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium, with instructions thereon, which when executed, cause a suitably configured computing system to:
- receive a product listing request;
identify at least one product related to at least one news event occurrence in a news event database, the news event database storing data representative of news stories; and
respond to the product listing request with a product listing including the at least one identified product.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described herein that provide one or more of a systems, methods, software, and data structures within an Internet marketp lace context that are useful to promote products that may be associated with an event occurrence. Some embodiments further utilize collaborative filtering to augment event-based product recommendations.
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium, with instructions thereon, which when executed, cause a suitably configured computing system to:
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receive a product listing request; identify at least one product related to at least one news event occurrence in a news event database, the news event database storing data representative of news stories; and respond to the product listing request with a product listing including the at least one identified product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving a product listing request in a product retrieval module that executes on at least one computer processor; identifying, through execution instructions on the at least one processor of instructions of at least one event-product merchandising service, at least one product related to a news event occurrence represented in a news event database; and responding to the product listing request with a product listing including the at least one identified product related to a news event represented in the news event database. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory device; a network interconnection device; and an instruction set held in the at least one memory device and executable on the at least one processor to; receive a product listing request via the network interconnection device; identify at least one product in a product database accessible via the network interconnection device, the at least one product related to a news event occurrence in a news event database accessible via the network interconnection device, the news event database storing data representative of news stories; and respond to the product listing request with a product listing including the at least one identified product, the responding including sending data to a source of the product listing request via the network interconnection device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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