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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, from a remote source, an indication of an event that has occurred;
after the event occurrence, store a representation of the event occurrence in a database including a date of the event occurrence;
associate the event occurrence with one or more entities in an entity database; and
recommend at least one or more products associated with the entity and event occurrence to a prospective purchaser within a period following the date of the event occurrence.
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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 marketplace 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, from a remote source, an indication of an event that has occurred; after the event occurrence, store a representation of the event occurrence in a database including a date of the event occurrence; associate the event occurrence with one or more entities in an entity database; and recommend at least one or more products associated with the entity and event occurrence to a prospective purchaser within a period following the date of the event occurrence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving, from a remote source, an indication of an event that has occurred; after the event occurrence, storing a representation of the event occurrence in a database including a date of the event occurrence; associating the event occurrence with one or more entities in an entity database, the associating including execution of instructions on at least one processor; and recommending at least one or more products associated with the entity and event occurrence to a prospective purchaser within a period following the date of the event occurrence. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory device; at least one network interface device; instructions stored in the at least one memory device and executable by the at least one processor to cause the system to; receive, from a remote source via the network interface device, an indication of an event that has occurred; after the event occurrence, store a representation of the event occurrence in a database accessible via the network interface device, the stored event occurrence representation including a date of the event occurrence; associate the event occurrence with one or more entities in an entity database accessible via the network interface device; and recommend at least one or more products associated with the entity and event occurrence to a prospective purchaser within a period following the date of the event occurrence, the recommendation provided via the network interface device in response to a product recommendation request. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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