SOCIAL MEDIA-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS

摘要

A user may request a recommendation for an item from other users. Other users may respond to the request by recommending for or against items. Users may up-vote or down-vote the recommendations or responses of other users. The recommendations of the other users may be used to identify items and provide one or more recommendations to the requesting user. The original question and the responses may form a conversation thread. The recommendations may be inserted into the thread as responses, may be presented alongside the thread, or may be presented at the end of the thread. The recommendations may be based on one or more attributes of the user. The weight of the recommendations provided by other users may vary.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting that a user has requested a recommendation of an item; detecting a set of recommendations provided by one or more other users in response to the request; parsing the set of recommendations using a processor of a machine to identify a set of items in a database; selecting a recommended item from the set of items; and presenting information about the recommended item to the user.