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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
James M. A. Begole, San Jose, CA (US);
Victoria M. E. Bellotti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicolas B. Ducheneaut, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert R. Price, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kurt E. Partridge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Roberts, Woodside, CA (US);
Ed H. Chi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James M. A. Begole, San Jose, CA (US);
Victoria M. E. Bellotti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicolas B. Ducheneaut, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert R. Price, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kurt E. Partridge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Roberts, Woodside, CA (US);
Ed H. Chi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for recommending activities to a user. During operation, the system determines an activity-type distribution based on the user's personal profile and/or population prior information, thereby facilitating prediction of future activities for the user. The system further searches for and receives one or more activities based on the activity-type distribution. The system then scores each received activity and recommends a number of activities to be performed by the user in the future and a number of corresponding venues, based on the activity-type distribution and the weight distribution.