Utilizing social information for recommending an application
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsKelly L. Cook, Lydia M. Do, Eileen Min, Eric Woods
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Abstract
Utilizing social information for recommending an application includes providing an application recommendation system based on social characterizations, and responsive to a user searching for an application meeting a criteria, utilizing the application recommendation system by searching for applications meeting the criteria, characterizing the applications according to a social proximity factor to the user, and presenting the applications ordered by the social proximity factor.
Claims20
A method for utilizing social information for recommending an application, said method comprising:
- providing an application recommendation system based on social characterizations;
- and
- responsive to a user searching for an application meeting a criteria, utilizing said application recommendation system by:
- searching for applications meeting said criteria;
- characterizing said applications according to a social proximity factor to said user;
- and
- presenting said applications ordered by said social proximity factor.
A method for utilizing social information for recommending an application, said method comprising:
- providing an application recommendation system based on social characterizations;
- and
- responsive to a user searching for an application meeting a criteria, utilizing said application recommendation system by:
- searching for applications meeting said criteria;
- characterizing said applications according to a social proximity factor to said user wherein said proximity factor includes said user's proximity to other users on a social media website, said user's relationship strength with said other users on said social media website, or combinations thereof;
- presenting said applications ordered by said social proximity factor wherein presenting said application comprises presenting said applications with a higher social proximity factor before said applications with a lower social proximity factor;
- annotating said applications by said social proximity factor wherein annotating said applications comprises annotating said application with an icon of a group making a recommendation regarding said applications;
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- providing additional information about said applications from said group wherein said additional information comprises a profile picture of said group that uses said applications, a name of a said group, or combinations thereof.
A method for utilizing social information for recommending an application, said method comprising:
- providing an application recommendation system based on social characterizations;
- and
- responsive to a user searching for an application meeting a criteria, utilizing said application recommendation system by:
- characterizing said applications according to a social proximity factor to said user to analyze said criteria against said social proximity factor wherein said proximity factor includes said user's proximity to other users on a social media website, said user's relationship strength with said other users on said social media website, or combinations thereof;
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- presenting said applications ordered by said social proximity factor wherein presenting said application comprises, based on said criteria and said social proximity factor, populating an application store with said applications from an application library.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.