Method and system for providing customized recommendations to users
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1. A computerized method for providing customized recommendations to an information recipient, the method comprising:
- displaying, in a first view of a user interface, a plurality of ratings provided for an item by a plurality of users, wherein each rating represents an individual user'"'"'s rating of the item, and each rating is placed on a shape having a particular size among a plurality of shapes having different sizes;
displaying, in the first view of the user interface, an indication of a one-to-one correspondence between each rating of the plurality of ratings and a distinct one of the plurality of users; and
displaying, in the first view of the user interface, a plurality of relevance indicators, wherein each relevance indicator indicates a level of trust by the information recipient toward a corresponding individual user providing a rating of the plurality of ratings, and wherein each relevance indicator is a visual indicator that graphically illustrates a relevance of each rating of the plurality of ratings to the information recipient using a distance between a point corresponding to the information recipient and each of the plurality of shapes having different size.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a plurality of ratings provided for an item by a plurality of users, and, for each of the plurality of ratings, graphically illustrating relevance of a corresponding rating to an information recipient.
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1. A computerized method for providing customized recommendations to an information recipient, the method comprising:
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displaying, in a first view of a user interface, a plurality of ratings provided for an item by a plurality of users, wherein each rating represents an individual user'"'"'s rating of the item, and each rating is placed on a shape having a particular size among a plurality of shapes having different sizes; displaying, in the first view of the user interface, an indication of a one-to-one correspondence between each rating of the plurality of ratings and a distinct one of the plurality of users; and displaying, in the first view of the user interface, a plurality of relevance indicators, wherein each relevance indicator indicates a level of trust by the information recipient toward a corresponding individual user providing a rating of the plurality of ratings, and wherein each relevance indicator is a visual indicator that graphically illustrates a relevance of each rating of the plurality of ratings to the information recipient using a distance between a point corresponding to the information recipient and each of the plurality of shapes having different size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system perform a method for providing customized recommendations to an information recipient, the method comprising; displaying, in a first view of a user interface, a plurality of ratings provided for an item by a plurality of users, wherein each rating represents an individual use'"'"'s rating of the item, and each rating is placed on a shape having a particular size among a plurality of shapes having different sizes; displaying, in the first view of the user interface, an indication of a one-to-one correspondence between each rating of the plurality of ratings and a distinct one of the plurality of users; and displaying, in the first view of the user interface, a plurality of relevance indicators, wherein each relevance indicator indicates a level of trust by the information recipient toward a corresponding individual user, and wherein each relevance indicator is a visual indicator that graphically illustrates a relevance of each rating of the plurality of ratings to the information recipient using a distance between a point corresponding to the information recipient and each of the plurality of shapes having different sizes.
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9. An apparatus for providing customized recommendations to an information recipient, the apparatus comprising:
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means for displaying, in a first view of a user interface, a plurality of ratings provided for an item by a plurality of users, wherein each rating represents an individual user'"'"'s rating of the item, and each rating is placed on a shape having a particular size among a plurality of shapes having different sizes; means for displaying, in the first view of the user interface, an indication of a one-to-one correspondence between each rating of the plurality of ratings and a distinct one of the plurality of users; and means for displaying, in the first view of the user interface, a plurality of relevance indicators, wherein each relevance indicator indicates a level of trust by the information recipient toward a corresponding individual user providing a rating of the plurality of ratings, and wherein each relevance indicator is a visual indicator that graphically illustrates a relevance of each rating of the plurality of ratings to the information recipient using a distance between a point corresponding to the information recipient and each of the plurality of shapes having different sizes.
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10. A system for providing customized recommendations to an information recipient, the system comprising:
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a computer; a display device connected to the computer; a recommendation database to store a plurality of ratings provided for an item by a plurality of users, wherein each rating represents an individual user'"'"'s rating of the item, and each rating is placed on a shape having a particular size among a plurality of shapes having different sizes; and a recommendation presenter to generate and display a first view of a user interface, the first view presenting the plurality of ratings, an indication of a one-to-one correspondence between each rating of the plurality of ratings and a distinct one of the plurality of users, and a plurality of relevance indicators, wherein each relevance indicator indicates a level of trust by the information recipient toward a corresponding individual user providing a rating of the plurality of ratings, and wherein each relevance indicator is a visual indicator that graphically illustrates a relevance of each rating of the plurality of ratings to the information recipient using a distance between a point corresponding to the information recipient and each of the plurality of shapes having different sizes.
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