Other user content-based collaborative filtering

A method for recommending content in a distributed database environment, the distributed database environment comprising a first user, a second user, a first container of searchable data accessible by the first user but not by the second user, and a second container of searchable data accessible by the second user but not by the first user, the method comprising:

• receiving by a search routine, a first search result produced in response to a first search on a first search term by the first user in the first container;
• associating attributes of data related to the first search result within the first container with the first search term;
• performing a search, by the search routine, on a second search term that is the same or similar to the first search term according to a predefined criteria, of the second user in the second container;
• producing a second search result that is influenced by the associated attributes.

A system for recommending content in a distributed database environment, the distributed database environment comprising a first user, a second user, a first container of searchable data accessible by the first user but not by the second user, and a second container of searchable data accessible by the second user but not by the first user, comprising:

• a first search result algorithm that receives a selection of a first search result produced in response to a first search on a first search term by the first user in the first container;
• an associating algorithm that associates the selection and attributes of the selection within the first container with the first search term;
• a search algorithm that performs a search on a second search term that is the same or similar to the first search term according to a predefined criteria, of the second user in the second container;
• a second search result algorithm that produces a second search result that is influenced by the associated selection and attributes.

A non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed by a processor to implement a method for recommending content in a distributed database environment, the distributed database environment comprising a first user, a second user, a first container of searchable data accessible by the first user but not by the second user, and a second container of searchable data accessible by the second user but not by the first user, the method comprising:

• receiving by a search routine, a selection of a first search result produced in response to a first search on a first search term by the first user in the first container;
• associating with the processor the selection and attributes of the selection within the first container with the first search term;
• performing a search, by the search routine, on a second search term that is the same or similar to the first search term according to a predefined criteria, of the second user in the second container;
• producing with the processor a second search result that is influenced by the associated selection and attributes.