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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2012
Applicants:

Ryo Nakahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Kamimaeda, Kanagawa, JP;

Katsuyoshi Kanemoto, Chiba, JP;

Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ryo Nakahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Kamimaeda, Kanagawa, JP;

Katsuyoshi Kanemoto, Chiba, JP;

Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for selecting an item to recommend to a user from a plurality of items. A first set of scores indicating degrees of association between items of the plurality of items may be calculated using a first scoring algorithm having a first scale, and a second set of scores indicating degrees of association between items of the plurality of items may be calculated using a second scoring algorithm having a second scale. The second set of scores may be adjusted to match the second scale to the first scale, and a third set of scores may be calculated for the plurality of items by combining the first set of scores and the adjusted second set of scores. An item may be selected from the plurality of items to recommend to the user based on the third set of scores.


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