US Patent 10482521 Intent prediction based recommendation system using data combined from multiple channels

User intent is identified while the user browses online and recommendations are provided to the user. The recommendations are based on the identified intent, interests, and preferences of the user who is performing the searches. The determination of user intent and interests is based on a statistical model derived from data compiled from the user and a plurality of other users. Other resources may also be determined to be relevant, for example, because of past interactions of the user, memberships of the user in ecommerce websites, the user's interests and preferences are similar to those of other users, and so on. The result of the user search is a ranked set of recommendations that is provided to the user.