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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mingqi Wu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jianxun Lian, Beijing, CN;
Yuntao Du, Beijing, CN;
Jing Yao, Beijing, CN;
Xiting Wang, Beijing, CN;
Bei Lu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Xing Xie, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing recommendations to a user includes assigning one or more item tags from a known set of tags to one or more items of a plurality of items; assigning one or more user tags from the known set of tags to a user; determining at least one taste cluster having one or more cluster tags from the known set of tags, wherein the taste cluster shares at least one shared tag with the one or more user tags and with the one or more item tags; affiliating at least one item of the plurality of items with the taste cluster based on the shared tag; affiliating the user with the taste cluster based on the shared tag; and presenting to the user at least one presented item of the plurality of items affiliated with the taste cluster.