System, method, and article of manufacture for making a compatibility-aware recommendations to a user

US6412012B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Net Perceptions, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul Bieganski · Eden Prairie, US
• Joseph A. Konstan · Windom, US
• John Rauser · Seattle, US
• Dan Frankowski · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A recommendation process includes the consideration of the compatibility of the items being recommended. An electronic processing system for generating a compatibility-aware recommendation output set to a is user based, at least in part, on a set of item compatibility rules. The system includes a processing system of one or more processors configured to receive applicable data, including i) user preference data, and ii) item compatibility rules, and to produce a compatibility-aware recommendation output set using the user preference data and the item compatibility rules. A method and computer-readable storage device containing the method are also presented.