Alerting users to items of current interest
AssigneeInterval Licensing LLC
InventorsMichael Naimark, Aviv Bergman, Emily Weil, Ignazio Moresco, Baldo Faieta
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Abstract
Disseminating to a participant an indication that an item accessible by the participant via a network is of current interest is disclosed. An indication that the item is of current interest is received in real time. The indication is processed. The participant is informed that the item is of current interest.
Claims32
A computer-implemented method of informing a participant user that an item accessible by the participant user via a network is of current interest, comprising:
- receiving via the network indications from source users other than the participant user that the item is of current interest;
- processing the indications using one or more computer processors including:
- determining an intensity value for a first indication of the indications from a first user of the source users;
- blocking a second indication of the indications from a second user of the source users from being used in ranking the item based on data regarding identity of the second source user;
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- calculating a rank for the item based on the intensity value of the first indication and not based on an intensity value for the second indication, the rank indicating a level of current interest of the item relative to other items accessible by the participant user via the network;
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- informing the participant user via the network that the item is of current interest based on the rank for the item.
A computer-implemented method of informing a participant user that an item accessible by the participant user via a network is of current interest, comprising:
- receiving via the network an indication from a source user other than the participant user that the item is of current interest;
- processing the indication using one or more computer processors including:
- determining an intensity value for the indication based on data provided with the indication regarding a type of activity taken by the source user in relation to the item;
- determining a time decay for the indication;
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- calculating a rank for the item based on the intensity value and the time decay for the indication, the rank indicating a level of current interest of the item relative to other items accessible by the participant user via the network;
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- informing the participant user via the network that the item is of current interest based on the rank for the item.
A computer-implemented method of informing a participant user that a particular item accessible by the participant user via a network is of current interest, comprising:
- receiving via the network a particular indication from a source user other than the participant user that the particular item is of current interest;
- processing the indication using one or more computer processors including:
- determining an intensity value for the particular indication including adjusting the intensity value based on data regarding additional indications previously received from the source user for additional items accessed by the source user via the network;
- determining a time decay for the particular indication;
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- calculating a rank for the particular item based on the intensity value and the time decay for the particular indication, the rank indicating a level of current interest of the particular item relative to other items accessible by the participant user via the network;
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- informing the participant user via the network that the particular item is of current interest based on the rank for the particular item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.