Presenting item information based on associated entity relationships

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for presenting item information to a user based on entity relationships. The items may be presented, for example, in response to a search request or as a recommendation of an item of potential interest to a user. In some embodiments, item information associated with a first item of interest to a user may be retrieved from a data store. A first entity related to the first item may be determined based on information retrieved from the data store. A second entity related to the first entity may then be determined, and a second item related to the second entity may be identified. Information identifying the second item may then be presented as a recommended item to the user.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,
receiving a search string associated with a request to search an electronic catalog of items;identifying a first entity corresponding to the search string, wherein the first entity is of a first type, wherein the first type is one of a person, an organization, a place, a story or a character;determining a second entity related to the first entity, wherein the second entity is different than the first entity, wherein the second entity is of a second type that is different than the first type, wherein the second entity is determined to be related to the first entity based at least in part by retrieving stored data that identifies entity-to-entity relationships between individual entities of a plurality of entities;determining an item related to the second entity; andautomatically presenting information identifying the item related to the second entity in response to the request to search the electronic catalog of items.