Patent ID: 8521735
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for anonymously recommending public entities, the method comprising: receiving, at a client of a user from a server, a predetermined number of select server fingerprints selected from server fingerprints based on predetermined metrics, the server fingerprints corresponding to a plurality of public entities, wherein generating, at the client, a user fingerprint based on user information associated with a user, the user fingerprint comprising encoded user information, wherein the user information comprises information representative of the user's interests and wherein the user fingerprint is not transmitted outside the client; comparing, at the client, the user fingerprint with the select server fingerprints to select at least one server fingerprint for recommendation; generating, at the client, at least one recommendation of a public entity corresponding to the at least one server fingerprint for recommendation; and displaying the at least one recommendation.