User-directed product recommendations
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1. A method in a computing system for generating item recommendations for a user, comprising:
- receiving requests from the user to display information about each of a plurality of items;
selecting as seed items the plurality of items that were displayed;
generating a list of recommended items each based on the selected seed items, wherein the generated list does not contain the selected seed items; and
displaying the generated list of recommended items to the user.
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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.
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1. A method in a computing system for generating item recommendations for a user, comprising:
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receiving requests from the user to display information about each of a plurality of items; selecting as seed items the plurality of items that were displayed; generating a list of recommended items each based on the selected seed items, wherein the generated list does not contain the selected seed items; and displaying the generated list of recommended items to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method in a computing system for specifying a request for product recommendations, comprising:
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for each of a plurality of groups of one or more products, displaying information describing products in the group; for each of at least a portion of the plurality of product groups, displaying in conjunction with the information describing products in the group a control for selecting products in the group as recommendation seeds; and when a displayed control is selected by a user, adding to a list of recommendation seeds products in the group in conjunction with which the selected control is displayed, so that the list of recommendation seeds contains products in the groups whose controls are selected by the user and the list of recommendation seeds can be used to generate a list of recommended items each based on the recommendation seeds that are selected, wherein the generated list does not contain the recommendation seeds that are selected. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method in a computing system for generating item recommendations for a user, the user having a persistent user profile, comprising:
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displaying a plurality of item indications to the user each indicating an item; receiving input from the user comprising a selection of each of a plurality of the displayed item indications as seed items; generating a list of recommended items each based on the selected seed items, wherein the generated list does not contain the selected seed items; and displaying the generated list of recommended items to the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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