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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2007
Julie W. Drew, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Juan Antonio R. Garay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Krishna Venkatraman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Julie W. Drew, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Juan Antonio R. Garay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Krishna Venkatraman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to determining top combinations of items to present to a user. According to one embodiment, data that includes information describing a plurality of combinations of records is accessed. Each record describes a plurality of items. The data is analyzed using a branch and bound search procedure to determine top combinations of items based on a specified metric and a specified number. According to one embodiment, the metric is value enabled and the specified number determines how many combinations of items are associated with the top combinations of items.