Social recommender system for generating dialogues based on similar prior dialogues from a group of users

An apparatus for operating a system having a plurality of resources through which a user can navigate, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor device, coupled to the memory, operative to:
• when the user accesses the system, present the resources to the user in a particular order;
• determine interests of the user in the resources presented;
• wherein the interests of the user are determined from a level of activity of the user along paths to the resources;
• compare the interests of the user to interests of other users to find one or more subsets of users to which the user belongs by virtue of having similar interests;
• and
• upon one or more subsequent accesses to the system by the user, base the order in which the resources are presented to the user on interests common to the one or more subsets of users to which the user belongs,
• wherein the basing step further comprises the step of:
• reordering the resources based on the paths taken by the subsets of users having similar interests.