Mining of user event data to identify users with common interests
US8060463B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/306
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented matching service matches users to other users, and/or to user communities, based at least in part on a computer analysis of event data reflective of user behaviors. The event data may, for example, evidence user affinities for particular items represented in an electronic catalog, such as book titles, music titles, movie titles, and/or other types of items that tend to reflect the traits of users. Event data reflective of other types of user actions, such as item-detail-page viewing events, browse node visits, search query submissions, and/or web browsing patterns may additionally or alternatively be considered. By taking such event data into consideration, the matching service reduces the burden on users to explicitly supply personal profile information, and reduces poor results caused by exaggerations and other inaccuracies in such profile information.
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