Recommendation engine for social networks

US8095432B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Intuit Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kristen Berman · San Francisco, US
• Ravi Iyer · Portland, US
• Daniel J. Richardson · Swartz Creek, US
• Anuradha Sameer Rahurkar · San Jose, US
• Agila Seetharaman · Milpitas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0631
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for making a recommendation, comprising obtaining a plurality of recommendations for a plurality of items from a plurality of members of a social networking utility, ranking the plurality of recommendations based on a relationship proximity of the plurality of members to an inquiring member within the social networking utility, wherein the relationship proximity is closest for friends of the inquiring member, and farthest for strangers to the inquiring member, wherein friends of the inquiring member are within a network of the inquiring member, and strangers of the inquiring member are outside of the network of the inquiring network, performing a search for one of the plurality of items, and displaying the plurality of recommendations associated with one of the plurality of items in an order defined by the ranking.