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Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2006
Applicants:

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;

Inventors:

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;

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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