{
  "patent_number": "US 8249948",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Amazon Created a Marketplace for Recommendation Algorithms",
  "original_title": "System for obtaining recommendations from multiple recommenders",
  "summary": "A system that lets website owners rent recommendation algorithms from third-party developers, with a built-in payment structure that rewards developers based on how well their algorithms perform.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a centralized platform where third-party developers can upload recommendation algorithms, which website operators can then integrate into their own sites to suggest products to users. The system acts as a middleman, tracking how often each algorithm is used and how successful it is at driving user actions, such as clicks or purchases. Crucially, the system automates the financial side: it charges the website operator for the recommendations and distributes a portion of that revenue back to the algorithm developer. The payout to the developer is directly tied to the performance metrics of their specific algorithm, creating a performance-based incentive model.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover recommendation algorithms that operate in isolation without a centralized marketplace or clearinghouse for payments.",
    "Does not cover systems where developers are paid a flat fee regardless of the algorithm's performance or user engagement metrics.",
    "Does not cover the specific mathematical logic or code inside the recommendation algorithms themselves."
  ],
  "filed": "2011-07-14",
  "granted": "2012-08-21",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Amazon Technologies Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/amazon-technologies-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Francis J. Kane, JR.",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/francis-j-kane-jr"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 3,
  "tags": [
    "ecommerce",
    "software",
    "ai_ml"
  ],
  "abstract": "A personalization network service enables developers to develop recommenders that can be made available to content site operators for providing recommendations to end users. The personalization network service may also be capable of optimizing the use and selection of the recommenders for different end users, groups or segments of end users, content sites, and the like.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8249948/facebook-like-button",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8249948/facebook-like-button/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US8249948",
  "relatedPatents": []
}