Daniel Leonardo Salgado

US Patent:

20120221505, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

Nov 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/373501

Inventors:

Matthew R. Evans - Draper UT, US
Daniel L. Salgado - Fremont CA, US

Assignee:

Evree LLC - Draper UT

International Classification:

G06N 5/00

US Classification:

706 52

Abstract:

A recommendation network is described. In some embodiments, the recommendation network includes recommenders that explicitly or implicitly recommend, rate or refer items and recommendation receivers that receive the recommendations. In some embodiments, the recommenders can be recommendation receivers, and vice versa. In some embodiments, recommendation receivers assign rust ratings to recommenders. The recommendation receiver can assign separate trust ratings to individual topics for which the recommendation receiver trusts the recommender. The separate trust ratings represent the recommendation receiver's amount of trust in the recommender to makes valuable recommendations for the specific topic. The recommendation network can use the separate trust ratings, along with ratings provided by the recommender, to rank recommendations per the separate topics. The recommendation receiver can assign the recommender to different bundles, topics, channels, etc. to which other recommendation receivers can subscribe.