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US 10,769,702 B2Granted
Recommendations based upon explicit user similarity
AssigneeTransform Sr Brands LLC
InventorsOfer Egozi, Amit Moran, Oren Shamir
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Abstract
A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves.
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A method, comprising:
- characterizing a first user and a second user based on interaction information for the first user and the second user via a network;
- calculating a level of similarity of the first user and the second user based on the interaction information;
- providing, to the first user, a recommendation of a product or a service based on the interaction information for the first user and the second user and the similarity level;
- providing, to the first user, information relating to the second user so that reasons for the similarity can be reviewed by the first user;
- causing, via a selection of one or more graphical elements of a graphical user interface when the information relating to the second user is presented, a list of categories and their respective similarity levels to be presented;
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- causing, via a selection of one or more graphical elements of the graphical user interface, to be presented how one or more of the similarity levels are calculated.
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