International Business Machines Corporation

Jennifer A Watson

Rajesh Radhakrishnan

Divya Gopinath

Gili Mendel

A method and system. It is ascertained that user preferences of a user for service providers of specified features relating to the one or more travel routes are not contained in a user preference database and that the user preferences of the user for service providers of the specified features have not been provided with a previously received request to generate for the user a geographical map that depicts one or more travel routes from a specified initial address to a specified destination address, the specified features, and unique identifiers of preferred service providers of the specified features. User preferences of the user for service providers of the specified features are determined and in response, the map is generated and displayed.

Providing online mapping with user selected preferences

A method and system. A request to generate for a user a geographical map is received, wherein the map depicts one or more travel routes from a specified initial address to a specified destination address, specified features relating to the one or more travel routes, and unique identifiers of preferred service providers of the specified features. After the request is received, it is ascertained that user preferences of the user for service providers of the specified features are not contained in a user preference database and that user preferences of the user for service providers of the specified features have not been provided with the request. User preferences of the user for service providers of the specified features are determined and in response, the map is generated and displayed.

An approach to generate and execute an e-commerce gift offer for a social network contact as a function of integrating social network data into a web site offering goods or services for sale within a network computing environment is provided. In response to the user selecting an item offered for sale by the web site, aspects search personal data associated with the user that is acquired from a different, social network web site to determine an indication that another user listed within the acquired personal data has an interest in also acquiring the selected item, and present an offer to the user to select the item for an additional gift purchase for such other user as a recipient. Further aspects use the acquired personal data to narrow down retailers to those that provide delivery service to a current residence of the other user for execution of the gift purchase.

Gifting enabled by integration of commerce and social networks

One embodiment of the invention comprises a method including the step of responsive to receiving a map request from a user that pertains to a specified geographical feature, generating a first view that shows the geographical feature. The method further includes specifying each of one or more preference categories of the user, wherein a user preference is needed for each category, in order to show an additional feature corresponding to each user preference on a map view which includes the geographical feature. The method further includes determining the user preference for each category, wherein at least one of the user preferences is determined from information obtained by accessing an online social network in which the user participates. Each determined user preference is used with one or more search engines in order to acquire information for use in generating each of the additional features for a map view.

Aspects retrieve, organize and display different classifications of sets of search results in different, respective tabbed sheets that are nested on top of one another in a web-based interface dashboard. A text string search query is classified into constituent primary search terms that are likely to return satisfactory search results as indicated by retrieved search history data as a function of search resources and language classification rules associated with the user identity indicia. Secondary search terms related to the primary search terms and including synonyms and antonyms are determined as substitutes for the primary search terms in response to search history indicating follow-up searches immediately subsequent to searches of the primary search terms at less than a specified threshold of frequency. The set of peripheral knowledge article results is generated by searching knowledge article resources for background information on the primary search terms or the secondary search terms.

Generation of multi-faceted search results in response to query

A first computer identifies electronic commerce activity related to a first user. The first computer retrieves a first data, wherein the first data is coupled to the electronic commerce activity. The first computer analyzes the first data and generates a second data. The first computer generates an electronic commerce display for a social network platform using the second data, wherein the electronic commerce display includes at least one timeline of the electronic commerce activity of the first user.

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Jennifer A Watson