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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2011
Shenghua Bao, Beijing, CN;
Jian Chen, Beijing, CN;
Cheng En LU, Beijing, CN;
Rui MA, Beijing, CN;
Zhong Su, Beijing, CN;
Shenghua Bao, Beijing, CN;
Jian Chen, Beijing, CN;
Cheng En Lu, Beijing, CN;
Rui Ma, Beijing, CN;
Zhong Su, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for recommending information to users within a social network. The method builds a recommendation list with at least one two-tuple, where each two-tuple comprises a target user name and an information item and ranks the recommendation list by using two-tuples in the recommendation list as a basic unit. By selecting a two-tuple in the recommendation list, the user can recommend a corresponding information item to a user represented by a target user name. An apparatus is also provided by using a builder for building for a user a recommendation list comprising at least one two-tuple and a sorter for ranking the recommendation list by using two-tuples in the recommendation list as a basic unit, such that, by selecting a two-tuple in the recommendation list.