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US 8,510,377 B2Granted
Methods and systems for exploring a corpus of content
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsTom Coates, Paul Hammond, Simon Willison, Liang-Yu Chi
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for exploring a corpus of content items stored in one or more information repositories within a distributed communications system.
Claims24
A computer implemented method for organizing user interest in one or more items within a distributed communications system, the method comprising:
- via at least one processing device, obtaining a plurality of interests each associated with an activity level, wherein the activity level with respect to a given interest is determined based on the number or amount of content items associated with the given interest over a period of time;
- via the at least one processing device, determining among the plurality of interests, a first interest that is associated with an activity level not exceeding a first threshold;
- via the at least one processing device, determining among the plurality of interests, at least one other interest that is related to the first interest and associated with an activity level exceeding a second threshold, wherein the first interest and the at least one other interest are different;
- and
- via the at least one processing device and based on the determining of the first interest and the at least one other interest, generating an interest page, the interest page comprising:
- a tag representing the determined first interest;
- one or more links each to at least one content item associated with the determined first interest;
- and
- one or more links each to the determined at least one other interest.
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A distributed communications system comprising at least one server coupled to at least one client device over a network, the at least one server comprises:
- an interest module configured for:
- obtaining a plurality of interests each associated with an activity level, wherein the activity level with respect to a given interest is determined based on the number or amount of content items associated with the given interest over a period of time,
- determining among the plurality of interests, a first interest that is associated with an activity level not exceeding a first threshold, and
- determining among the plurality of interests, at least one other interest that is related to the first interest and associated with an activity level exceeding a second threshold, wherein the first interest and the at least one other interest are different;
- and
- an interest page generator configured for, based on the determining of the first interest and the at least one other interest, generating an interest page, the interest page comprising:
- a tag representing the determined first interest;
- one or more links each to at least one content item associated with the determined first interest;
- and
- one or more links each to the determined at least one other interest.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.