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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stelios Paparizos, San Jose, CA (US);
Roger Barga, Bellevue, WA (US);
Doug Burger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vinay Gupta, Sammamish, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A server computing device and related method for providing recommendations to a user computing device are disclosed. In one example, user activity of the user of a user computing device and friend activity of a friend using a friend computing device are received. A request for a recommendation is received from the user device. Based on the user and friend activities, it is estimated that the user and friend will approach an intersecting location within a window of time, and the user and friend are available to meet in that window. A recommendation of a service offered within a distance of the location is sent, with the recommendation displayed on the user computing device.