Patent ID: 8478663
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of employing at least one computer to generate a recommendation, for a subject consumer, of a size of a subject item for which a plurality of sizes is available, the method comprising: (A) receiving at the at least one computer a request for a recommendation of a size of the subject item to fit the subject consumer; (B) using the at least one computer, identifying a cluster of consumers, comprising a plurality of consumers, to which the subject consumer belongs, and analyzing information relating to the cluster of consumers; (C) determining, by the at least one computer, whether a recommendation of a size of the subject item is to be made as a result of the analyzing in (B); (D) if it is determined in (C) that a recommendation of a size of the subject item is not to be made as a result of the analyzing in (B), identifying, by the at least one computer, a cluster of items, comprising a plurality of items, to which the subject item belongs, and analyzing information relating to the cluster of items; (E) determining, by the at least one computer, whether a recommendation of a size of the subject item is to be made as a result of the analyzing in (D); and (F) if it is determined in (C) or in (E) that a recommendation of a size of the subject item is to be made, using the at least one computer to generate a recommendation for a size of the subject item as being likely to fit the subject consumer.