System and method for cross-domain recommendations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11604844-B2
Application number	US-201916253019-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2019
Priority date	Nov 5, 2018
Publication date	Mar 14, 2023
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023

Abstract

An electronic device for providing cross-domain recommendations includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to receive one or more notifications of at least one user activity in a content provider application, build at least one query based on the one or more notifications, and provide the at least one query to a database, receive at least one cross-domain action from the database. The at least one processor is also configured to generate at least one cross-domain recommendation based on the cross-domain action and instruct an application to display the at least one cross-domain recommendation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
receive one or more notifications of at least one user activity in a first content provider application;
build at least one action query based on the one or more notifications;
provide the at least one action query to a graph database, wherein the graph database defines relationship paths linking actions executable in different content provider applications;
receive at least one cross-domain action from the graph database in response to the at least one action query, the at least one cross-domain action associated in the graph database with the at least one user activity;
receive a display specification from a second content provider application, wherein the display specification defines a visual presentation consistent with how information is displayed in the second content provider application and identifies at least a portion of a user interface from the second content provider application;
generate at least one cross-domain recommendation recommending execution by the electronic device of the at least one cross-domain action using at least the second content provider application; and
instruct a host application to display the at least one cross-domain recommendation in accordance with the display specification using at least the portion of the user interface from the second content provider application.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one cross-domain recommendation includes two or more co-occurring cross-domain recommendations from one or more graphs in the graph database.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide information to update the graph database, wherein the information includes one or more user activities in one or more content provider applications.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the information to update the graph database causes the graph database to add one or more nodes to the graph database, wherein the one or more nodes are defined by one or more action results in the one or more content provider applications.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the information to update the graph database causes the graph database to delete one or more nodes from the graph database.

6. A method, comprising:
receiving one or more notifications of at least one user activity in a first content provider application;
building at least one action query based on the one or more notifications;
providing the at least one action query to a graph database, wherein the graph database defines relationship paths linking actions executable in different content provider applications;
receiving at least one cross-domain action from the graph database in response to the at least one action query, the at least one cross-domain action associated in the graph database with the at least one user activity;
receiving a display specification from a second content provider application, wherein the display specification defines a visual presentation consistent with how information is displayed in the second content provider application and identifies at least a portion of a user interface from the second content provider application;
generating at least one cross-domain recommendation recommending execution of the at least one cross-domain action using at least the second content provider application; and
instructing a host application to display the at least one cross-domain recommendation in accordance with the display specification using at least the portion of the user interface from the second content provider application.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one cross-domain recommendation includes two or more co-occurring cross-domain recommendations from one or more graphs in the graph database.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising providing information to update the graph database, wherein the information includes one or more user activities in one or more content provider applications.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the information to update the graph database causes the graph database to add one or more nodes to the graph database, wherein the one or more nodes are defined by one or more action results in the one or more content provider applications.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the information to update the graph database causes the graph database to delete one or more nodes from the graph database.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program for operating an electronic device including a memory and at least one processor, the computer program comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
receive one or more notifications of at least one user activity in a first content provider application;
build at least one action query based on the one or more notifications;
provide the at least one action query to a graph database, wherein the graph database defines relationship paths linking actions executable in different content provider applications;
receive at least one cross-domain action from the graph database in response to the at least one action query, the at least one cross-domain action associated in the graph database with the at least one user activity;
receive a display specification from a second content provider application, wherein the display specification defines a visual presentation consistent with how information is displayed in the second content provider application and identifies at least a portion of a user interface from the second content provider application;
generate at least one cross-domain recommendation recommending execution by the electronic device of the at least one cross-domain action using at least the second content provider application; and
instruct a host application to display the at least one cross-domain recommendation in accordance with the display specification using at least the portion of the user interface from the second content provider application.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the at least one cross-domain recommendation includes two or more co-occurring cross-domain recommendations from one or more graphs in the graph database.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer program further comprises computer readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to provide information to update the graph database, wherein the information includes one or more user activities in one or more content provider applications.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the information to update the graph database causes the graph database to add one or more nodes to the graph database, wherein the one or more nodes are defined by one or more action results in the one or more content provider applications.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the information to update the graph database causes the graph database to delete one or more nodes from the graph database.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one action query includes information used in the at least one user activity in the first content provider application; and
the at least one cross-domain action includes at least a portion of the information for use by the second

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Venkatesan Shankar Narayan
• Sehgal Akshat

Classifications

• G06F16/2423

  Interactive query statement specification based on a database schema · CPC title

• G06F16/9024

  Graphs; Linked lists (G06F16/9027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F16/9538

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/38 Primary

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• G06F16/9535 Primary

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title