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Granted Patent B2
US 10,984,461 · App. 16/232,907 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

System and method for making content-based recommendations using a user profile likelihood model

Inventor: Zexi Mao (Millbrae, CA)
Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
G06Q30/0631G06Q30/0603G06N7/005
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Patent No.
US 10,984,461
App. No.
16/232,907
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for making content-based recommendations using a user profile likelihood model. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that includes a plurality of models and storage units for storing, managing, and transforming product and user profile data. The system can also include a recommendation engine designed to determine a probability that a product is relevant to a user based on a user profile. In another embodiment, the probability that a product is relevant to a user may be determined based in part on a frequency of interactions with a product and a time of interaction with the products.

Claims (34)

1. A system, comprising

a non-transitory memory storing instructions; and

one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the system to perform operations rising:

extracting, using a natural language algorithm, first semantic attributes associated with a first product from a product catalog, the natural language algorithm configured to extract the first semantic attributes in a structured format;

extracting second semantic attributes associated with a user profile including information about an action performed by the user and related to the first product;

determining, based on the extracted first and second semantic attributes, a probability indicating a relevance of the first product to the user; and

generating a content-based recommendation for the first product based on the probability.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information includes an amount of time that has lapsed since the action was performed by the user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user profile is based, at least in part, on tracking a user device of the user.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the action performed by the user includes an interaction of the user with a second product of a merchant of the first product.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the probability is determined using a probability function for determining a conditional likelihood of the extracted first semantic attributes being associated with the user profile provided the second semantic attributes are associated with the user profile.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the action performed by the user includes an activity of the user, via a user device of the user, on a merchant site of a merchant of the first product.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second semantic attributes are extracted in said structured format.

8. A method comprising:

extracting, using a natural language algorithm, first semantic attributes associated with the first product from a product catalog, the natural language algorithm configured to extract the first semantic attributes in a structured format;

extracting second semantic attributes associated with a user profile including information about an action performed by the user and related to the first product;

determining, based on the extracted first and second semantic attributes, a probability indicating a relevance of the first product to the user; and

generating a content-based recommendation for the first product based on the probability.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user profile is based, as least in part, on tracking a user device of the user.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the action performed by the user includes an interaction of the user with a second product of a merchant of the first product.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the probability is determined using a probability function for determining a conditional likelihood of the extracted first semantic attributes being associated with the user profile provided the second semantic attributes are associated with the user profile.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the action performed by the user includes an activity of the user, via a user device of the user, on a merchant site of a merchant of the first product.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second semantic attributes are extracted in said structured format.

14. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

extracting, using a natural language algorithm, first semantic attributes associated with the first product from a product catalog, the natural language algorithm configured to extract the first semantic attributes in a structured format;

extracting second semantic attributes associated with a user profile including information about an action performed by the user and related to the first product;

determining, based on the extracted first and second semantic attributes, a probability indicating a relevance of the first product to the user; and

generating a content-based recommendation for the first product based on the probability.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the information includes an amount of time that has lapsed since the action was performed by the user.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the probability is determined using a probability function for determining a conditional likelihood of the extracted first semantic attributes being associated with the user profile provided the second semantic attributes are associated with the user profile.

17. The non-transitory CRM of claim 14 , wherein the information includes an amount of time that has lapsed since the action was performed by the user.

18. The non-transitory CRM of claim 14 , wherein the user profile is based, at least in part, on tracking a user device of the user.

19. The non-transitory CRM of claim 14 , wherein the action performed by the user includes an interaction of the user with a second product of a merchant of the first product.

20. The non-transitory CRM of claim 14 , wherein the action performed by the user includes an activity of the user, via a user device of the user, on a merchant site of a merchant of the first product.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2018
From: MAO, ZEXI
To: PAYPAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 047854/0826 →
Continuity (1)
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