Method and apparatus for on the basis of the knowledge of the data from the service, and provides the user with suggestions for intellectual online activity - multiple web user

摘要

An Internet portal system for providing recommendations to subscribers of the portal has a data gathering system operating on the portal system, gathering data from multiple Internet sites (23, 25, 27) associated with the subscriber (17), a tracking system (35) monitoring the subscriber's on-line activity; and a recommendation engine for transmitting recommendations to the subscriber. The system is characterized in that the portal system monitors the subscriber's on-line activity, and transmits recommendations to the subscriber based on the subscriber's on-line activity and on subscriber information stored in the data repository. The system can make recommendations in a variety of situations, such as when a subscriber is shopping on-line, making investment decisions, or making banking decisions, for example.