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US6370526:
Self-adaptive method and system for providing a user-preferred ranking order of object sets
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Agrawal, Rakesh; San Jose, CA
Arning, Andreas; Rottenburg, Germany
Seiffert, Roland; Herrenberg, Germany
Srikant, Ramakrishnan; San Jose, CA
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| Assignee: |
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY
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| Published / Filed: |
2002-04-09
/ 1999-05-18
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| Application Number: |
US1999000314479
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| IPC Code: |
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G06F 17/30;
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IPC-7:
G06F 17/30;
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| ECLA Code: |
G06F17/30T2P4;
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| U.S. Class: |
707/005;
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| Field of Search: |
707/005
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| Priority Number: |
| 1999-05-18 |
US1999000314479 |
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| Abstract: |
A method and system for presenting a group of objects in a ranking order. Objects are ranked according to user preferences by first observing the access order of a related group of objects in relation to a predetermined access hypothesis. A user preference model is then adapted to correspond to any deviations between the access order and the access hypothesis for the related group of objects. Next, object preferences are calculated for each of the objects to be ranked according to the preference model. The group of objects is then presented to the user in an order corresponding to the calculated object preferences. The preference model is adaptively updated, unbeknownst to the user, in the normal course of accessing the presented objects.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Driggs, Lucas, Brubaker & Hogg ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Breene, John; Rayyan, Susan
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First Claim:
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Therefore, what is claimed is:
1. A method for presenting a plurality of objects in a ranking order, the method comprising the steps of:
- observing an access order of a first plurality of objects in relation to an access hypothesis for those objects;
- adapting a preference model in response to any deviation between said access order and said access hypothesis, said preference model comprising a preference feature vector, having object features and associated preference feature values, and a plurality of object feature vectors, having object features, for corresponding objects in said second plurality of objects, and associated preference feature values;
- calculating an object preference for each of the objects of a second plurality of objects according to said preference model, wherein said second plurality of objects is related to said first plurality of objects;
- presenting said second plurality of objects in a ranking order corresponding to said calculated object preferences; and
- thereafter continually adaptively updating the preference model as each plurality of objects are observed and processed.
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