Patent ID: 7991650
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for providing recommendations to content sites, the system comprising: a network service interface operative to: an event data repository operative to store the event data received from the content site, the event data repository comprising physical computer storage; a recommendations service operative to, in response to the second request, cause a plurality of external recommendation algorithms to provide recommendations responsive to the second request, the plurality of external recommendation algorithms being developed by recommender providers; and a billing module comprising computer hardware, the billing module operative to cause an operator of the content site to be charged fees for obtaining recommendations from the plurality of external recommenders, and operative to cause at least a portion of the fees to be provided to the recommender providers such that monetary amounts paid to a recommender provider are dependent upon a level of performance of one or more recommendation algorithms provided by the recommender provider.