Generating catalog-item recommendations based on social graph data

US11301924B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Meta Platforms, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gery Gutnik · San Francisco, US
• Mark J. Kilgore · San Francisco, US
• Ken Deeter · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 2, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/21
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing one or more order parameters associated with a first user, the order parameters including one or more user-specified parameters. The method includes determining a user preference vector for the first user. The method includes accessing references to catalog items offered by one or more vendors. Each reference is associated with one or more metadata items provided by the respective vendor. The method includes providing a first reference to a client system of the first user based on at least a comparison of the one or more order parameters, the user preference vector, and the one or more metadata items corresponding to the first reference.