Alibaba.com Limited

Adam Cross

Gregory McNutt

Chuck Kao

Michael Effle

Matching users with similar interests is disclosed, including: obtaining, from an external source, items of interest as indicated by a plurality of users; storing information about the plurality of users and their respective items of interest; and identifying, for a first user of the plurality of users, a set of similar users who have overlapping interests as the first user, wherein the overlapping interests are determined based at least in part on items of interest to the first user and items of interest to the plurality of users.

Matching users with similar interests

Determining preference activities to present to a current user includes: obtaining a plurality of candidate preference activities; determining a recommendation weight for one of the plurality of candidate preference activities with respect to the current user; and presenting at least some of the plurality of candidate preference activities based on recommendation weights corresponding to the plurality of candidate preference activities.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Adam Cross