SOCIAL NETWORK-BASED RECOMMENDATION
First Claim
1. A method of making a recommendation to a purchaser, the method comprising:
- determining a plurality of features of a first product selected by a purchaser;
prioritizing the plurality of features of the first product; and
making at least one recommendation to the purchaser, the at least one recommendation being selected from a group consisting of;
a second product sharing at least one feature of the first product and a social network connection determined to have purchased another product sharing at least one feature of the first product.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide methods and program products for making a recommendation to a purchaser and/or member of a social network. A first aspect of the invention provides a method of making a recommendation to a purchaser, the method comprising: determining a plurality of features of a first product selected by a purchaser; prioritizing the plurality of features of the first product; and making at least one recommendation to the purchaser, the at least one recommendation being selected from a group consisting of: a second product sharing at least one feature of the first product and a social network connection determined to have purchased another product sharing at least one feature of the first product.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of making a recommendation to a purchaser, the method comprising:
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determining a plurality of features of a first product selected by a purchaser; prioritizing the plurality of features of the first product; and making at least one recommendation to the purchaser, the at least one recommendation being selected from a group consisting of;
a second product sharing at least one feature of the first product and a social network connection determined to have purchased another product sharing at least one feature of the first product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A program product stored on a computer-readable storage medium, which when executed, is operable to make a recommendation to a purchaser by performing a method comprising:
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determining a plurality of features of a first product selected by a purchaser; prioritizing the plurality of features of the first product; and making at least one recommendation to the purchaser, the at least one recommendation being selected from a group consisting of;
a second product sharing at least one feature of the first product and a social network connection determined to have purchased another product sharing at least one feature of the first product. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
at least one computing device adapted to make a recommendation to a purchaser by carrying out a method comprising; determining a plurality of features of a first product selected by a purchaser; prioritizing the plurality of features of the first product; and making at least one recommendation to the purchaser, the at least one recommendation being selected from a group consisting of;
a second product sharing at least one feature of the first product and a social network connection determined to have purchased another product sharing at least one feature of the first product.
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15. A system comprising:
at least one computing device adapted to make a recommendation to a member of a social network by carrying out a method comprising; determining a plurality of features of a product selected by a member of a social network; prioritizing the plurality of features, including; calculating at least one correlation value between at least one of the plurality of features and at least one feature of at least one additional product selected by another member of the social network; and ranking the calculated correlation values, wherein a relatively low correlation value is deemed indicative of an anomalous feature having significance and is given a higher priority than a relatively high correlation value; and making at least one recommendation to the member of the social network, the at least one recommendation being selected from a group consisting of;
a product sharing at least one feature of the product selected by the member of the social network and a member of the social network that has selected a product sharing at least one feature of the product selected by the member of the social network.- View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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