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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2008
Applicants:

Reid M. Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);

Christian Herwarth Borgs, Seattle, WA (US);

Jennifer Tour Chayes, Seattle, WA (US);

Uriel Mordechai Feige, Redmond, WA (US);

Abraham Flaxman, Seattle, WA (US);

Adam Tauman Kalai, Atlanta, GA (US);

Seyed Vahab Mirrokni, Seattle, WA (US);

Moshe Tennenholtz, Haifa, IL;

Inventors:

Reid M. Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);

Christian Herwarth Borgs, Seattle, WA (US);

Jennifer Tour Chayes, Seattle, WA (US);

Uriel Mordechai Feige, Redmond, WA (US);

Abraham Flaxman, Seattle, WA (US);

Adam Tauman Kalai, Atlanta, GA (US);

Seyed Vahab Mirrokni, Seattle, WA (US);

Moshe Tennenholtz, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods that analyze aggregated item evaluation behavior of users, to suggest a recommendation for the item. An analysis component forms a collective opinion by taking as input votes of users and trusted relationships established therebetween, to output an evaluation and/or recommendation for the item. Accordingly, within a linked structure of nodes, personalized recommendations to users (e.g., agents) are supplied about an item(s) based upon the opinions/reviews of other users, and in conjunction with the declared trust between the users.


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