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Situation-aware thresholding for recommendation

US8037007B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 2008
Grant dateOct 11, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F18/24137
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, data relating to usage patterns of the user is stored, wherein the data includes information as to items which were used and the context in which they were used. The data is then clustered into clusters of data points. Then a centroid is determined for each of the clusters. A cluster similar to a current context of the user is selected by comparing a data point representing the current context of the user to one or more of the centroids. For each of one or more items, a threshold based on values for a plurality of the centroids with respect to the corresponding item, wherein a threshold is used to compare with centroid value of an item in a selected cluster to determine whether to recommend the item.

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