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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2007
Shu-yao Chien, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amitabh Seth, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shu-Yao Chien, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amitabh Seth, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method selects a predictor item that has a relevance to a user. The method receives a set of affinity items having affinity scores that relate the predictor item to the affinity items. The method filters the list of affinity items based on the affinity scores, and selects a first set of affinity items from the filtered items. For each selected affinity item, the method calculates a difference score from the predictor item, and selects a first affinity item based on the difference score for the first affinity item. Preferably, content is presented to the user based on the selected first affinity item. Additional embodiments include a system and/or computer readable medium having instructions for execution of the foregoing.