Patent ID: 8781916
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing nuanced product recommendations, the method comprising: receiving, from a client device, a request to identify products similar to a target product, the request specifying a similarity channel for the target product indicating a user-selected subset of themes selected from a set of themes associated with the target product; identifying a category associated with a plurality of themes, wherein the plurality of themes includes a user-selected theme indicated by the similarity channel; selecting a clustering model, from among a plurality of cluster models, that clusters products by the identified category; identifying a cluster in the selected clustering model that includes the target product and a plurality of other products; computing similarity values between the target product and the plurality of other products in the identified cluster; selecting other products in the identified cluster to be included in the set of products similar to the target product responsive to the similarity values; ranking the set of selected products according to a similarity of each product in the set to the target product; and providing the set of ranked products similar to the target product to the client device.