Patent ID: 8762394
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a request from a first user for recommendations; comparing web visitation patterns of the first user and a second user; identifying, from the comparison, a trust relationship between the first user and the second user, wherein the trust relationship includes a trust level that indicates a strength measurement for the trust relationship, and wherein the trust relationship decays when the trust relationship is not affirmed by the first user or the second user; identifying one or more web sites visited by the second user based on the web visitation patterns of the second user; identifying recommendations from the one or more web sites based on the trust relationship; providing the recommendations to the first user; receiving input directly from the first user indicating that the first user trusts a first recommendation of the recommendations associated with the second user; inferring a first topic associated with the first recommendation; and increasing a first topic-specific trust level of the trust relationship between the first and the second user in response to receiving the input directly from the first user, the first topic-specific trust level based on the first topic.