Recommendation filtering based on common interests

Abstract

A method, system, and article of manufacture comprising tabulating, for a plurality of users making recommendations, information including respective user interests and recommendations, storing the tabulated information in a database, responsive to a query from a client machine, the query seeking a recommendation from a user having a particular user interest, filtering the stored tabulated information to determine recommendations from users having the particular user interest, and presenting the recommendations to the client machine. Also included is a community of parents who are registered on one site find on other sites products that they are curious about or want to give feedback on, and then collect those items and share insights or request guidance from at least some of the individual parents in the community.

1 . A system comprising:
 at least one processor and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:   receiving a query, over a network, from a first user via a first user interface, the query requesting at least one recommendation and including a first user interest of the first user;   filtering stored information responsive to receiving the query, the filtering the stored information to identify a plurality of recommendations, each recommendation of the plurality of recommendations being authored by a single user from a plurality of users, the filtering being based on a first user interest of each user of the plurality of users being common to the first user interest of the first user, the first user interest of the first user being a plurality of friends, the recommendations including a first recommendation; and   presenting, over the network, via a second user interface at least a portion of the recommendations comprising a first set of visible user interface elements including a first portion of the set of visible user interface elements, the first portion of the set of visible user interface elements being presented as selectable recommendations being provided by the plurality of users who have their first user interest common to the first user interest of the first user being the plurality of common friends, the selectable recommendations including the first recommendation authored by the first user, a second portion of the set of visible user interface elements being presented as non-selectable user interface elements.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise adding an image of a product to a product collection. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the product is associated with a plurality attributes including a first attribute. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the first attribute comprises the first user interest. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving, over the network, via the second user interface, a selection of one of the selectable recommendations. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise presenting, over the network via a third user interface, a second set of visible user interface elements presenting a product collection, the presenting the second set of visible user interface elements being responsive to the receiving of the selection. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first user interest further comprises at least one of user personal information and user activities. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise ranking the recommendations. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the filtering is based on a second user interest of each user of the plurality of users being common to a second user interest of the first user, the second user interest of the first user being a marital status. 
     
     
         10 . A method comprising:
 receiving a query, over a network, from a first user via a first user interface, the query requesting at least one recommendation and including a first user interest of the first user;   filtering stored information responsive to receiving the query, the filtering the stored information, the filtering the stored information to identify a plurality of recommendations, each recommendation of the plurality of recommendations being authored by a single user from a plurality of users, the filtering being based on a first user interest of each user of the plurality of users being common to the first user interest of the first user, the first user interest of the first user being a plurality of friends, the recommendations including a first recommendation, the filtering using at least one computer processor; and   presenting, over the network, via a second user interface at least a portion of the recommendations comprising a first set of visible user interface elements including a first portion of the set of visible user interface elements, the first portion of the set of visible user interface elements being presented as selectable recommendations being provided by the plurality of users who have their first user interest common to the first user interest of the first user being the plurality of common friends, the selectable recommendations including the first recommendation authored by the first user, a second portion of the set of visible user interface elements being presented as non-selectable user interface elements.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising adding an image of a product to a product collection. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the product is associated with a plurality attributes including a first attribute 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the first attribute comprises the first user interest. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising receiving, over the network, via the second user interface, a selection of one of the selectable recommendations. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising presenting, over the network via a third user interface, a second set of visible user interface elements presenting the product collection, the presenting the second set of visible user interface elements being responsive to the receiving of the selection. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the first user interest further comprises at least one of user personal information and user activities. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the recommendations are ranked. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the filtering is based on a second user interest of each user of the plurality of users being common to a second user interest of the first user, the second user interest of the first user being a marital status. 
     
     
         19 . A computer readable medium having no transitory signals and comprising instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
 receiving a query, over a network, from a first user via a first user interface, the query requesting at least one recommendation and including a first user interest of the first user;   filtering stored information responsive to receiving the query, the filtering the stored information, the filtering the stored information to identify a plurality of recommendations, each recommendation of the plurality of recommendations being authored by a single user from a plurality of users, the filtering being based on a first user interest of each user of the plurality of users being common to the first user interest of the first user, the first user interest of the first user being a plurality of friends, the recommendations including a first recommendation; and   presenting, over the network, via a second user interface at least a portion of the recommendations comprising a first set of visible user interface elements including a first portion of the set of visible user interface elements, the first portion of the set of visible user interface elements being presented as selectable recommendations being provided by the plurality of users who have their first user interest common to the first user interest of the first user being the plurality of common friends, the selectable recommendations including the first recommendation authored by the first user, a second portion of the set of visible user interface elements being presented as non-selectable user interface elements.   
     
     
         20 . The machine-readable hardware memory device of  claim 19 , further comprising adding an image of a product to a product collection.