Determining top combinations of items to present to a user
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJulie W. Drew, Juan Antonio R. Garay, Krishna Venkatraman
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to determining top combinations of items to present to a user. According to one embodiment, data that includes information describing a plurality of combinations of records is accessed. Each record describes a plurality of items. The data is analyzed using a branch and bound search procedure to determine top combinations of items based on a specified metric and a specified number. According to one embodiment, the metric is value enabled and the specified number determines how many combinations of items are associated with the top combinations of items.
Claims25
A method of determining top combinations of items, the method comprising:
- accessing data that includes information describing a plurality of records, wherein each record describes a plurality of items;
- and
- analyzing the data using a branch and bound search procedure to determine top combinations of items based on a specified metric and a specified number, wherein the metric is value enabled and wherein the specified number determines how many combinations of items are associated with the top combinations of items.
A system of determining top combinations of items to present to a user, the system comprising:
- a data accessor configured for accessing data that includes information describing a plurality of records, each record describes a plurality of items;
- a metric and number of combinations of items receiver configured for receiving a metric and a number;
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- a top combinations of items for value enabled to present determiner configured for determining the top combinations of items using a branch and bound search procedure to analyze the data based on the metric and the number, wherein the metric is value enabled and wherein the number determines how many combinations of items are associated with the top combinations of items.
A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method of determining top combinations of items to present to a user, the method comprising:
- receiving a metric and a number for determining what top combinations of items would be most appropriate to present to the user, wherein the number determines how many combinations of items are associated with the top combinations of items and wherein the metric is value generated;
- accessing data that includes the information that describes combinations of items;
- and
- analyzing the data using a branch and bound search procedure based on the metric and the number to determine the top combinations of Items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.