Patent ID: 6370526
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for presenting a plurality of objects in a ranking order, the method comprising the steps of:observing an access order of a first plurality of objects in relation to an access hypothesis for those objects; adapting a preference model in response to any deviation between said access order and said access hypothesis, said preference model comprising a preference feature vector, having object features and associated preference feature values, and a plurality of object feature vectors, having object features, for corresponding objects in said second plurality of objects, and associated preference feature values; calculating an object preference for each of the objects of a second plurality of objects according to said preference model, wherein said second plurality of objects is related to said first plurality of objects; presenting said second plurality of objects in a ranking order corresponding to said calculated object preferences; and thereafter continually adaptively updating the preference model as each plurality of objects are observed and processed.