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System and method for making gift recommendations using social media data

US9135255B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

WAL-MART STORES, INC. · US

Inventors

Ioannis Pavlidis · Boulder, US
Wei Shen · Danville, US
Anand Rajaraman · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2012
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 26, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q50/01
WIPO fieldIT methods for management
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclose are methods for evaluating a user's interests and making gift recommendations using social media data. Interests and attributes of a user may be detected from social media content and products corresponding to the interests and attributes may be selected and presented as gift recommendations for the user. Methods are disclosed for resolving ambiguity as to interests reflected by textual data in social media content. Also disclosed are methods for inferring a user's interests from the interests of friends of the user.

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