Collaborative decision-making for deriving micro-recommendations for offsite users

• Main Authors: TRAN, DANG VAN, ZHENG, XING, KHOSHGOZARAN, JAFFAR, ZHU, YINGNAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.11.2013
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

An offsite user having an offsite device can collaborate with an onsite user having an onsite device. In many cases, the offsite device may be a handheld device, such as a smartphone and the onsite device may be a TV and is generally stationary. The onsite device receives a context from the offsite device wherein the offsite user is asking the onsite user for help with information or making a decision. The offsite device may not have the full range of services and other data that the onsite device has and would like to collaborate with the onsite device/user in making a decision. The onsite device receives the content, which may have certain physical and user-generated characteristics, and obtains recommendations from appropriate Web services. The onsite user may have the option of viewing these recommendations and can then send a reply message back to the offsite user telling her what she may do, thereby providing the offsite user with a more informed decision by virtue of collaborating with the onsite user.