Patent ID: 7584159
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for generating novel recommendations, the method implemented at least in part by a computing device and comprising: providing at least one source of information from which to generate recommendations; generating a set of original recommendations based at least in part on said at least one source of information; generating a set of novel recommendations from the set of original recommendations based at least in part on repulsion force analysis applied to the set of original recommendations, wherein the repulsion force analysis ensures that at least one recommendation is separated from a reference by at least a sufficient amount to provide a desired degree of variation between said at least one recommendation and the reference; and providing the set of novel recommendations to a user; wherein the reference is known information that identifies at least one known interest of the user, such that the repulsion force analysis ensures that said at least one recommendation is separated from the known information by the sufficient amount.