Patent ID: 8170971

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving attribute data for a plurality of users, the data relating to a plurality of attributes of a user and to at least a first venue for which the user has an affinity; receiving venue data for a plurality of venues, the venue data relating to a plurality of attributes of the venues; receiving review data for the plurality of venues, the review data reflecting the affinity of a plurality of reviewers for the plurality of venues; accessing a data network comprising nodes corresponding at least to the plurality of venues and the plurality of reviewers and further comprising links between said nodes, each link reflecting a strength of an interrelationship between at least two nodes, wherein at least a plurality of the links strengths are a function of at least the review data and the venue data and wherein at least a plurality of the link strengths are further a function of both content-based and collaborative interrelationships and are based in part on higher order interrelationships between venues; determining, based on the link strengths and at least one venue parameter, a plurality of recommended venues having the strongest links to a user; generating recommendation data comprising at least one recommend venue; and serving to a client device the recommendation data for display on a screen of the client device.