System and method for recommending items of interest to a user
CA 2619773 C · Owner: Biap Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Johnston, Jeffrey William; Slothouber, Louis P.
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A system and method is disclosed for recommending items to individual users using a combination of clustering decision trees and frequency-based term mapping. The system and method of the present invention is configured to receive data based on user action, such as television remote control activity or computer keyboard entry, and when a new item data is made available from sources such as television program guides movie databases, deliverers of , advertising data on-line auction web sites, and electronic mail servers the , system and method analytically breaks down the new item data compares it to , ascertained attributes of item data that a user liked in the past and , produces …
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- Filed August 21, 2006 and granted January 26, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 21, 2026.
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