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Fit recommendation via collaborative inference

  • US 8,478,663 B2
  • Filed: 07/28/2011
  • Issued: 07/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of employing at least one computer to generate a recommendation, for a subject consumer, of a size of a subject item for which a plurality of sizes is available, the method comprising:

  • (A) receiving at the at least one computer a request for a recommendation of a size of the subject item to fit the subject consumer;

    (B) using the at least one computer, identifying a cluster of consumers, comprising a plurality of consumers, to which the subject consumer belongs, and analyzing information relating to the cluster of consumers;

    (C) determining, by the at least one computer, whether a recommendation of a size of the subject item is to be made as a result of the analyzing in (B);

    (D) if it is determined in (C) that a recommendation of a size of the subject item is not to be made as a result of the analyzing in (B), identifying, by the at least one computer, a cluster of items, comprising a plurality of items, to which the subject item belongs, and analyzing information relating to the cluster of items;

    (E) determining, by the at least one computer, whether a recommendation of a size of the subject item is to be made as a result of the analyzing in (D); and

    (F) if it is determined in (C) or in (E) that a recommendation of a size of the subject item is to be made, using the at least one computer to generate a recommendation for a size of the subject item as being likely to fit the subject consumer.

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