METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING GIFTS USING A SUPPLEMENTAL PROFILE

摘要

A media guidance application that creates a profile for a second user based on publically or privately available information about the second user. For example, the media guidance application may query the first user for information on the likes and/or dislikes of the second user. The media guidance application may use this information to create a user profile. The media guidance application may then supplement the user profile with other information that is publically or privately available. The supplemented profile may then be used to provide gift recommendations.

主权项

1. A method for providing a curated list of gift recommendations for users without querying the users or publicly disclosing information about the users, comprising:
receiving a request from a first user to provide gift recommendations for a second user, wherein the request comprises a gift attribute and an identity of the second user; querying the first user for at least one of a purchase history for the second user, a viewing history for the second user, and a gift attribute preference for the second user; creating a user profile associated with the second user based on the identity of the second user and at least one of the purchase history for the second user, the viewing history for the second user, and the gift attribute preference for the second user; retrieving additional information related to the second user based on the identify of the second user; supplementing the user profile with the additional information; filtering a list of recommended gifts based on the supplemented user profile; and providing the filtered list as a curated list of gift recommendations to the first user.