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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2012
Digvijay Singh Lamba, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xiaoyong Chai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Digvijay Singh Lamba, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xiaoyong Chai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for inferring interests of a user based on declared interests of the user. Text for which a user has expressed interest, e.g. 'liked' is evaluated to identify at least one principal concept. A principal article for the principal concept is located in a taxonomy and the link structure of the taxonomy analyzed to identify candidate articles related to the principal article. The candidate articles are scored according to a plurality of metrics and these scored are weighted and combined for a final score. Candidate articles are selected for the score and recommendations are generated and recommendations generated based on the concepts of the selected candidate articles.