Approach for estimating user ratings of items
First Claim
1. A method for generating an estimation of how a particular user would rate a particular item that the particular user has not yet rated, the method comprising:
- identifying one or more users that have given ratings to one or more similar items that are substantially similar to ratings given by the particular user to the one or more similar items; and
generating an estimation of how the particular user would rate the particular item that the particular user has not yet rated based upon ratings given to the particular item by the one or more users;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of the invention, an approach is provided for estimating how a particular user would rate a particular item from a plurality of items. The approach is applicable to any type of items, including rental items such as movies, music and games, and the invention is not limited to any particular type of item. One or more items from the plurality of items that have ratings similar to the particular item are identified. One or more other users are identified that have given ratings to the one or more items that are substantially similar to ratings given by the particular user to the one or more items. An estimation is made of how the particular user would rate the particular item based upon ratings for the particular item given by the one or more other users.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for generating an estimation of how a particular user would rate a particular item that the particular user has not yet rated, the method comprising:
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identifying one or more users that have given ratings to one or more similar items that are substantially similar to ratings given by the particular user to the one or more similar items; and generating an estimation of how the particular user would rate the particular item that the particular user has not yet rated based upon ratings given to the particular item by the one or more users; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for generating an estimation of how a particular user would rate a particular item that the particular user has not yet rated, the instructions, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform:
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identifying one or more users that have given ratings to one or more similar items that are substantially similar to ratings given by the particular user to the one or more similar items; and generating an estimation of how the particular user would rate the particular item that the particular user has not yet rated based upon ratings given to the particular item by the one or more users. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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