Patent ID: 7757170
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a recommendation digest for a user in an information system, the method comprising: generating a plurality of recommendations related to interaction of the user with the information system, wherein each of the plurality of recommendations is based on an informational context of a network resource containing information, the network resource being of a plurality of network resources accessed by the user; providing the generated plurality of recommendations to the user; generating a recommendation log for the user by storing the plurality of recommendations provided to the user; obtaining a frequency of occurrence of each of the recommendations by processing the plurality of recommendations stored in the recommendation log; and determining a subset of recommendations based on the frequency of occurrence of each of the recommendations provided to the user, wherein the frequency of occurrence of each of the recommendations is a number of times a recommendation is provided to the user; and wherein the subset of recommendations is further based on a computed number of distinct usage sessions during which the item was recommended to the user and wherein the computed number of distinct usage sessions are computed by the system.