Patent ID: 9047367
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by an apparatus, item affinity values for an identified user based on an accumulation of user selection inputs executed by the identified user within an input context of input options presented to the user and identifying respective available network items, the accumulation including an identification of the input options not having been selected by the identified user; determining by the apparatus an ordered list of network users ordered based on having a highest correlation of shared interests with the identified user in response to detecting the identified user is accessing the network to supply the user selection inputs, the ordered list of network users based on (1) identifying, from the available network items, an ordered list of preferred network items based on ordering the item affinity values according to highest relative item affinity values, and (2) generating the ordered list of network users based on ordering first network users, identified as providing highest relative user affinity values for each of the preferred network items, according to their respective user affinity values relative to the ordered list of preferred network items; and determining, by the apparatus, at least one of new network items most likely to be preferred by the identified user based on determining, from among network items not presented to the identified user, the preferred network items for each of the first network users in the ordered list of network users.