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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Nishith Parikh, San Jose, CA (US);
Neelakantan Sundaresan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nishith Parikh, San Jose, CA (US);
Neelakantan Sundaresan, Mountain View, CA (US);
PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for providing recommendations based on branding are disclosed. For example, a brand preference corresponding to a first brand and a first category may be identified based on user activity. A recommendation is provided to the user based on the brand preference. The recommendation may be provided based on a predetermined brand relationship comprising the first brand associated with the first category, a second brand associated with a second category, and a recommendation score between the first and second categories and brands. The recommendation may provided by accessing a relationships database to determine at least one brand relationship of the brand relationships corresponding to the brand preference.