Patents by Inventor Dan Frankowski

Dan Frankowski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System, method, and article of manufacture for making a compatibility-aware recommendations to a user
    Patent number: 6412012
    Abstract: A recommendation process includes the consideration of the compatibility of the items being recommended. An electronic processing system for generating a compatibility-aware recommendation output set to a is user based, at least in part, on a set of item compatibility rules. The system includes a processing system of one or more processors configured to receive applicable data, including i) user preference data, and ii) item compatibility rules, and to produce a compatibility-aware recommendation output set using the user preference data and the item compatibility rules. A method and computer-readable storage device containing the method are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Net Perceptions, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Bieganski, Joseph Konstan, John Rauser, Dan Frankowski