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Recommendation engine apparatus and methods

  • US 9,215,423 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2009
  • Issued: 12/15/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. For use in a content delivery network, a recommendation apparatus comprising:

  • a storage device adapted to;

    store a plurality of information regarding a plurality of content elements expressed as n×

    1 column vectors, said n×

    1 column vectors each comprising a number, n, of aspects;

    store a plurality of user profiles expressed as n×

    1 column vectors, said n×

    1 column vectors each comprising a number, n, of aspects; and

    store an n×

    1 column reference vector configured to define each of said n aspects as expressed in said plurality of content element vectors and said plurality of user profile vectors, where n is more than one; and

    a digital processor in data communication with said storage device and adapted to run a computer program thereon, said computer program adapted to;

    compare said plurality of content element column vectors to individual ones of said plurality of user profile column vectors; and

    based at least in part on said comparison, produce at least one list of a plurality of content elements, said each of said plurality of content elements bearing a relationship to at least one of said plurality of user profiles.

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