Recommendation Engine

摘要

A computer method and system provide means for recommending an organization to a user. The system includes a database of business relationships between organizations. A user may search for an organization according to search criteria and the system will select a set of organizations that match the criteria. The organizations may be displayed based on the relevance of the selected organization and the similarity of organizations connected to the selected organizations.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of recommending organizations from a database recording business relationships between organizations, the method comprising:
(i) using a computer processor, determining identification data or attribute data of a first organization for which a recommendation of second organizations is sought; (ii) using a computer processor, determining criteria for the recommendation; (iii) using a computer processor, querying the database using the criteria to identify second organizations and third organizations that are connected by a business relationship, wherein attribute data of the second organization or of the business relationship satisfy said criteria; (iv) using a computer processor, calculating a recommendation metric for each of the second organizations from similarity values calculated between the first organization and said third organizations having a relationship with that second organization; and (v) outputting identification data of at least a subset of the second organizations, according to the recommendation metrics.