Social Media Based Content Selection System
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsXin Fan, Todd Beaupre, Brian Webb
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Abstract
A method for content selection. The method comprises identifying a reference to content associated with a social media network user having a ranking above a pre-determined level, identifying one or more occurrences of the reference attributed to at least one additional social media network user, where the one or more occurrences are indicative of popularity of the content, and selecting the reference corresponding to the content based on the popularity.
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A method for content selection, the method implemented on a computing device having at least one processor, storage, and a communication interface connected to a network, the method comprising:
- obtaining a reference to content associated with a social media network user having a first pre-determined status;
- determining popularity of the content based on one or more occurrences of the reference attributed to at least one additional social media network user;
- and
- adding the content to a content pool based on the popularity.
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A system having at least one processor, storage, and a communication interface connected to a network for content selection, the system comprising:
- a reference analyzer configured to obtain a reference to content associated with a social media network user having a first pre-determined status and determine popularity of the content based on one or more occurrences of the reference attributed to at least one additional social media network user;
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- a reference selector configured to add the content to a content pool based on the popularity.
A non-transitory machine readable medium having information recorded thereon for content selection, wherein the information, when read by a machine, causes the machine to perform the steps of:
- obtaining a reference to content associated with a social media network user having a first pre-determined status;
- determining popularity of the content based on one or more occurrences of the reference attributed to at least one additional social media network user;
- and
- adding the content to a content pool based on the popularity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.