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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Baojin Zhu, Hangzhou, CN;
Qing Zhang, Hangzhou, CN;
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for information recommendation are provided. In one aspect, a method for information recommendation uses correlated information combinations to improve recommendation accuracy. Upon receiving data from a client indicating a visited information type, the method obtains correlated information types related to the visited information type from stored records. The correlated information types providing one or more correlated information combinations each including at least two correlated information types. For each of the one or more correlated information combinations, the method computes a degree of correlation between the correlated information combination and the visited information type. The method selects a target correlated information combination with a satisfying degree of correlation, and recommends the target correlated information combination to the client.