Recommendation systems using gourmet item sampling events
First Claim
1. A recommender system adapted to provide recommendations on a group of consumable items comprising:
- (a) a first routine of the recommender system that collects at least a set of ratings for a set of consumable items using one or more electronic data collection devices from a group of participants who are participating in an item sampling event in which at least some of the set of consumable items are sampled during said item sampling event;
(b) a second routine running on the one or more electronic data collection devices or on one or more computing systems that calculates correlations based on said set of ratings between at least one of
1) said group of participants and other persons rating said set of consumable items or related items;
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2) said set of items including at least item scores and participant scores; and
(c) a third routine of the recommender system that presents recommendations on consumable items to at least some of said group of participants based on said correlations.
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Abstract
Items—including gourmet products—are evaluated and rated by participants in a controlled event, which can be coordinated by software locally or at a dedicated website. Event data, including item scores and participant scores can be shared with vendors, merchants and other commercial entities associated with the products. Promotional incentives from such entities for the products (and related products) can then be directly targeted and provided to participants and other members of the public. The participant'"'"'s activities can also be collected and disseminated to affiliates/friends of the participants through social networking sites, personalized web pages, etc.
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22 Claims
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1. A recommender system adapted to provide recommendations on a group of consumable items comprising:
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(a) a first routine of the recommender system that collects at least a set of ratings for a set of consumable items using one or more electronic data collection devices from a group of participants who are participating in an item sampling event in which at least some of the set of consumable items are sampled during said item sampling event; (b) a second routine running on the one or more electronic data collection devices or on one or more computing systems that calculates correlations based on said set of ratings between at least one of
1) said group of participants and other persons rating said set of consumable items or related items;
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2) said set of items including at least item scores and participant scores; and(c) a third routine of the recommender system that presents recommendations on consumable items to at least some of said group of participants based on said correlations. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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2. A method of conducting a contest for sampling items using a computing system comprising:
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(a) providing a set of one or items to be rated during an item sampling event in which the items are sampled by a group of participants; (b) automatically collecting at set of reference ratings for said set of items from a group of one or more reference raters using said computing system; (c) automatically collecting at least a set of participant ratings for said set of items from said group of sampling participants during said item sampling event using said computing system; and (d) calculating participant scores for said item sampling event using said computing system; wherein a winner of the contest is identified by said participant scores that are based on determining a correlation between each sampling participant rating provided for an item, and a corresponding reference rating provided by said one or more reference raters. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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