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Methods and systems for providing serendipitous recommendations

  • US 9,734,244 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2014
  • Issued: 08/15/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing feedback to a user, the method comprising:

  • receiving a symbol comprising a plurality of terms from a user;

    retrieving a user profile associated with the user;

    modifying the symbol by applying a weight to each term of the plurality of terms based on an attribute of the user profile, wherein the applied weight is inversely correlated to a degree to which a respective term matches the attribute of the user profile;

    performing a search based on the modified symbol;

    generating for display search results returned by the search;

    performing another search that is based on the symbol as it was prior to modifying the symbol; and

    generating for display additional search results returned by the another search, wherein a search result of the search results generated for display based on the search performed based on the modified symbol is generated for display simultaneously with the additional search results.

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