METHOD FOR GENERATING USER PROFILES
A recommendation for a product based on a user profile and product affinity is discussed.
1 . A method for recommending a product comprising:
generating a user profile based at least in part on an affinity of product attributes and a user's preference;
correlating the product attributes to each product affinity; and
generating the recommendation for a product based at least in part on the user profile and correlation of product attributes to each product affinity.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the product is a book.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the product attribute is a subject taxonomy.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the product attribute is an author.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the product attribute is a category.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the product attribute is a genre taxonomy.
7 . A method for recommending a product comprising:
generating a product affinity based at least in part on a set of products and associated meta data;
correlating user activity to product affinity;
generating a user profile with a score of each product affinity; and
recommending the product to a user based on the user profile.
8 . The method of claim 7 wherein the product is a book.
9 . The method of claim 7 wherein the product affinity is a subject taxonomy.
10 . The method of claim 7 wherein the product affinity is an author.
11 . The method of claim 7 wherein the product affinity is a category.
12 . The method of claim 7 wherein the product affinity is a genre taxonomy.