Daniel R Richardson

US Patent:

8095432, Jan 10, 2012

Filed:

Jan 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/363629

Inventors:

Kristen K. Berman - San Francisco CA, US
Ravi Subramaniam Iyer - Bangalore, IN
Daniel J. Richardson - Mountain View CA, US
Anuradha Sameer Rahurkar - San Jose CA, US
Agila Seetharaman - Milpitas CA, US

Assignee:

Intuit Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 267

Abstract:

A method for making a recommendation, comprising obtaining a plurality of recommendations for a plurality of items from a plurality of members of a social networking utility, ranking the plurality of recommendations based on a relationship proximity of the plurality of members to an inquiring member within the social networking utility, wherein the relationship proximity is closest for friends of the inquiring member, and farthest for strangers to the inquiring member, wherein friends of the inquiring member are within a network of the inquiring member, and strangers of the inquiring member are outside of the network of the inquiring network, performing a search for one of the plurality of items, and displaying the plurality of recommendations associated with one of the plurality of items in an order defined by the ranking.