Managing feature distribution
AssigneeThinkAnalytics Ltd.
InventorsPeter Docherty, Christopher McGuire, Ewen Cattanach, Darren Callaghan, Georgios Mamakis
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Abstract
A method of managing feature distribution in content of a content catalog for a content distribution system having a plurality of users is provided. The method comprises taking corrective action responsive to determining that a number of content items in a content catalog tagged with a feature exceeds a threshold.
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A method of managing feature distribution in content of a content catalog for a content distribution system having a plurality of users, the method comprising determining a number of content items in the content catalog tagged with a feature;
- and taking corrective action responsive to determining that the number of content items in the content catalog tagged with the feature exceeds a threshold, wherein taking corrective action comprises ignoring the feature in a content scoring function, and wherein determining comprises:
- determining that a first number of tagged content items is greater than a second number of tagged content items, the first number of tagged content items tagged with a first feature and the second number of tagged content items tagged with a second feature.
A content recommendation system comprising a content recommendation engine (CRE) for generating one or more content recommendations responsive
- to one or more content requests from a user of a plurality of users and a feature management module, the feature management module adapted to:
- determine that a number of tagged content items exceeds a threshold;
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- take corrective action in response to determining the number of tagged content items exceeds the threshold, wherein the feature management module is adapted to ignore the feature in a content scoring function, and determine that a first number of tagged content items is greater than a second number of tagged content items, the first number of tagged content items tagged with a first feature and the second number of tagged content items tagged with a second feature.
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