Systems and methods for implementing a personalized provider recommendation engine

A method for making personalized provider recommendations in related categories, the method comprising:

• storing a plurality of entity categories, each entity category indicating at least one of a type of good and a type of service offered by a provider;
• storing a plurality of provider specific profiles, each provider specific profile including an associated provider and at least one associated entity category from the plurality of entity categories;
• storing a plurality of category relationships, each category relationship indicating that two or more entity categories from the plurality of entity categories are related;
• storing a plurality of user accounts, each user account including associated authentication data and associated user profile data;
• receiving authentication information from a user;
• identifying a first user account from the plurality of user accounts based on the authentication information;
• comparing the authentication information with a first authentication data that is associated with the first user account;
• authenticating the user based on the comparison of the authentication information with the first authentication data;
• receiving context information indicating at least one of a current condition or an attribute of an environment of the user;
• identifying a first entity category from the plurality of entity categories based on the context information;
• identifying a first category relationship from the plurality of category relationships based on the first entity category, the first category relationship indicating that the first entity category and a second entity category are related;
• identifying a first provider specific profile from the plurality of provider specific profiles based on a first user profile data that is associated with the first user account, wherein the first provider specific profile is associated with the first entity category;
• identifying a second provider specific profile from the plurality of provider specific profiles based on the first user profile data, wherein the second provider specific profile is associated with the second entity category;
• and
• displaying a plurality of providers, the plurality of providers including a first provider associated with the first provider specific profile and a second provider associated with the second provider specific profile.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having instructions stored therein, which when executed cause a computer to perform a set of operations comprising:

• receiving authentication information for a user;
• identifying a first user account from a plurality of user accounts based on the authentication information;
• comparing the authentication information with a first authentication data that is associated with the first user account;
• authenticating the user based on the comparison of the authentication information with the first authentication data;
• receiving context information indicating at least one of a current condition or an attribute of an environment of the user;
• identifying a first entity category from a plurality of entity categories based on the context information, each entity category indicating at least one of a type of good and a type of service offered by a provider;
• identifying a first category relationship from a plurality of category relationships based on the first entity category, the first category relationship indicating that the first entity category and a second entity category are related;
• identifying a first provider specific profile from a plurality of provider specific profiles based on a first user profile data that is associated with the first user account, wherein the first provider specific profile is associated with the first entity category;
• identifying a second provider specific profile from the plurality of provider specific profiles based on the first user profile data, wherein the second provider specific profile is associated with the second entity category;
• and
• transmitting a plurality of providers to a user interface for display, the plurality of providers including a first provider associated with the first provider specific profile and a second provider associated with the second provider specific profile.