Patent ID: 9466083
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions when executed by a processor: identify an item for which a user has indicated an interest; identify a consumption pattern for the user; analyze the consumption pattern for a preference for items associated with an item category of the item; identify a group of individuals that are available to receive an item recommendation who have consumption patterns that have the preference for items associated with the item category of the item; present a recommendation interface control that includes the group of individuals, wherein the recommendation interface control allows a name of the item to be added to a recommendation list for an individual selected from the group of individuals; identify the individual that is selected from the group of individuals to receive the recommendation; prompt the user to enter a user text comment associated with the item, via the recommendation interface control; and add the name of the item, a description of the item, and the user text comment to the recommendation list for the individual, thereby recommending the item to the individual.