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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2008
Gaurav Chanda, Seattle, WA (US);
Brent Smith, Redmond, CA (US);
Gaurav Chanda, Seattle, WA (US);
Brent Smith, Redmond, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented process for reducing category overlap obtains a set of source items and an initial set of item categories associated with the source items. An assessment of the overlap between different item categories in the initial set of item categories is used to selectively eliminate one or more item categories prior to presentation of the source items and associated categories to the user, thereby resulting in reduced overlap between the item categories presented. The resulting set of categories improves the ability of the user to efficiently and effectively access source items of interest, such as recommended items generated by a recommendation engine.