eBay Inc.
INTERESTINGNESS RECOMMENDATIONS IN A COMPUTING ADVICE FACILITY

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides a recommendation to a user through a computer-based advice facility to rank search results by performing steps of receiving a search request from a user; retrieving a list of search results; ascertaining preferences of the user to create a taste and preference profile for the user; matching the user to other users with similar taste and preference profiles; and providing the search results to the user, wherein the search results are ranked according to the matched results selected by other users with similar taste and preference profiles. In embodiments, tastes and preferences of a user may be based on information inferred from a user's activity on a social network or augmented through other users that have a connection to the user through a social network.