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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Jennifer A. Jacobi, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric A. Benson, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory D. Linden, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jennifer A. Jacobi, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric A. Benson, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory D. Linden, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer-implemented service analyzes purchase histories and/or other types of behavioral data of users on an aggregated basis to detect and quantify associations between particular items represented in an electronic catalog. The detected associations are stored in a mapping structure that maps items to related items, and is used to recommend items to users of the electronic catalog. The items may include products and/or categories of products.