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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Industry Technology Research Institute (Itri), Hsinchu, TW;
Hung-Yang Chang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Li-Ju Chen, Taipei, TW;
Chia-Wen Ho, Taipei, TW;
Kuo-shu Luo, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Chang Molly Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ITRI), Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level; determining the booths in the selected record not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition; determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and a map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth.