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Systems and methods for providing recommendations based on collaborative and/or content-based nodal interrelationships

  • US 8,515,893 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2012
  • Issued: 08/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at at least one server, attribute data for a plurality of users, the data relating to a plurality of attributes of a user and to at least a first venue for which the user has an affinity;

    receiving, at the at least one server, venue data for a plurality of venues, the venue data relating to a plurality of attributes of the venues;

    receiving, at the at least one server, review data for the plurality of venues, the review data reflecting the ratings of a plurality of reviewers for the plurality of venues;

    accessing, via the at least one server, a data network comprising nodes corresponding at least to the plurality of venues and the plurality of reviewers and further comprising links between said nodes, each link reflecting a strength of an interrelationship between at least two nodes, wherein at least a plurality of the link strengths are a function of at least the review data and the venue data, are further a function of both content-based and collaborative interrelationships, and are based in part on connection growth from collaborative interrelationships;

    determining, at the at least one server and based on the link strengths and at least one venue parameter, a plurality of recommended venues having the strongest links to a user;

    generating, at the at least one server, recommendation data comprising at least one recommended venue; and

    serving to a client device the recommendation data for display on a screen of the client device,wherein at least some of the collaborative interrelationships are a function of venues having ratings from the same reviewer.

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