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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2006
Chenxi Lin, Beijing, CN;
Gui-rong Xue, Beijing, CN;
Hua-jun Zeng, Beijing, CN;
Zheng Chen, Beijing, CN;
Benyu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Jian Wang, Beijing, CN;
Chenxi Lin, Beijing, CN;
Gui-Rong Xue, Beijing, CN;
Hua-Jun Zeng, Beijing, CN;
Zheng Chen, Beijing, CN;
Benyu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Jian Wang, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods for determining a predictive rating are disclosed. In an embodiment, an active user is compared to a set of clusters. One or more of the clusters are determined to be most similar to the active user. From the one or more clusters, K users are determined to be most similar to the active user. Prior ratings for an item by the K users may be used to predict a rating for the item for the active user.