Patent ID: 8290811
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computing system configured to search for and identify data repository deficits, comprising: a computing device; an interactive catalog of items being offered to users for purchase; a data repository that stores: a search engine system configured to identify catalog items that do not have an amount of the first type of information that meets a first threshold, the first type of information including feedback information; a recommendation system configured to recommend to a user candidate items for the user to provide the first type of information for, wherein the recommendation system uses data stored in the data repository to determine user item affinity based at least in part on a similarity of at least one item, for which the user previously provided information of the first type, with at least one of the identified catalog items that do not have a sufficient amount of the first type of information to generate recommendations for first information type candidate items, the first type of information including feedback information; wherein the computing system is configured to provide, for display on a user system: