Apparatus, method and article to effect user interest-based matching in a network environment
US9836533B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/02
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Websites operated by relationship building service providers collect information from users for use in identifying candidate matches for a user. At least a portion of the information may include freeform text entered by the user to identify the user's interests. The freeform text entered by users may be preprocessed and a user interest group model formed using a generative Natural Language Process that is applied to determine user interest groups from the freeform text. Such user interest groups identify related words based on the frequency of their occurrence and relationship within the freeform text. Individual user interest group membership vectors for each user included in a number of users may be determined using the user interest group model. At least one compatibility aspect between users may then be assessed based on the similarity or distance between the user interest group membership vectors associated with each user.
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