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Recommendations based on items viewed during a current browsing session

  • US 8,620,767 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2013
  • Issued: 12/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for selecting items to recommend to users, comprising:

  • a computer data repository that stores a mapping that maps items to related items, said mapping based at least partly on item relationships discovered by analyzing recorded activities of a plurality of users; and

    a computer system comprising one or more physical computers, said computer system programmed to maintain a record of a plurality of items selected by a user for viewing during a browsing session of the user, and programmed to generate session-specific recommendations for the user by at least;

    identifying, based on the record and the mapping, a plurality of candidate recommendation items, each candidate recommendation item being related to at least one of the plurality of items selected by the user for viewing during the browsing session;

    ranking the plurality of candidate recommendation items; and

    selecting, based at least partly on the ranking, a subset of the plurality of candidate recommendation items to recommend to the user during the browsing session;

    wherein the computer system is additionally programmed to generate a personalized page that includes;

    (1) a visual representation of the plurality of items selected for viewing, said visual representation including, for each of the plurality of items, a respective user-selectable link to a corresponding page, and (2) a visual representation of the subset of items selected to recommend to the user.

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