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First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable process steps for providing items to users through a site that is available over an electronic network, said process steps comprising steps to:
- (a) maintain a collection of items, wherein both the collection and the items can be accessed by users on the site over the electronic network at any given time;
(b) assign intensity values to users who are active on the site;
(c) assign points to individual items based on at least one of;
an amount of user access of said individual items over the electronic network and explicit ratings of said individual items by the users; and
(d) modify the collection based on the points assigned to the items,wherein the points assigned to the individual items have been weighted based on the intensity values of the individual users who have at least one of accessed or explicitly rated said individual items.
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Abstract
The value of a target variable is predicted by obtaining historical values for the target variable at each of several time points and obtaining previously predicted values and currently predicted values for each of several predictor variables, the predictor variables being different from the target variable. Values are assigned to parameters of a forecasting model to obtain the best fit of the previously predicted values for the predictor variables to the historical values for the target variable. Finally, a value of the target variable is predicted from the currently predicted values for at least a subset of the predictor variables using the forecasting model and the values assigned to the parameters of the forecasting model.
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28 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable process steps for providing items to users through a site that is available over an electronic network, said process steps comprising steps to:
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(a) maintain a collection of items, wherein both the collection and the items can be accessed by users on the site over the electronic network at any given time; (b) assign intensity values to users who are active on the site; (c) assign points to individual items based on at least one of;
an amount of user access of said individual items over the electronic network and explicit ratings of said individual items by the users; and(d) modify the collection based on the points assigned to the items, wherein the points assigned to the individual items have been weighted based on the intensity values of the individual users who have at least one of accessed or explicitly rated said individual items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing items to users through a site that is available over an electronic network, comprising:
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using a computer system to (a) maintain a collection of items, wherein both the collection and the items can be accessed by users on the site over the electronic network at any given time; (b) assign intensity values to users who are active on the site; (c) assign points to individual items based on at least one of;
an amount of user access of said individual items over the electronic network and explicit ratings of said individual items by the users; and(d) modify the collection based on the points assigned to the items, wherein the points assigned to the individual items have been weighted based on the intensity values of the individual users who have at least one of accessed or explicitly rated said individual items. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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