Method and system for limiting share of voice of individual users
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsRobin Johan Schuil, Rutger Mooy, Selina H. van Panhuys
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Abstract
Example embodiments describe a system and method for limiting shares of voice of individual users in a result set. In example embodiments, a user providing each publication in a result set of a search is identified. Sorting criteria indicating a number of publications a same user is allowed within a number of consecutive publications of the result set are reviewed. Using the sorting criteria, a sorted result set is generated by sorting the plurality of publications in accordance with the sorting criteria. The sorted result set is provided to a searching user.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface of a searching user, a search request;
- in response to the received search request, determining a result set comprising a plurality of publications;
- for each publication in the result set, identify a corresponding entity providing the publication;
- retrieving sorting criteria including a distance rule that includes a distance value defining a minimum distance between publications from a same entity;
- generating, by a hardware processor, a sorted result set by sorting the plurality of publication in the result set using the sorting criteria such that each publication from the same entity in the search result set is positioned in a sorted order in compliance with the sorting criteria by shifting a publication provided by the same entity down one or more positions from a current position in the result set in order to satisfy the sorting criteria;
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- causing the sorted result set to be displayed in the user interface to the searching user.
A system comprising:
- one or more hardware processors configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface of a searching user, a search request;
- in response to the received search request, determining a result set comprising a plurality of publications;
- for each publication in the result set, identify a corresponding entity providing the publication;
- retrieving sorting criteria including a distance rule that includes a distance value defining a minimum distance between publications from a same entity;
- generating a sorted result set by sorting the plurality of publications in the result set using the sorting criteria such that each publication from the same entity in the search result set is positioned in a sorted order in compliance with the sorting criteria by shifting a publication provided by the same entity down one or more positions from a current position in the result set in order to satisfy the sorting criteria;
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- causing the sorted result set to be displayed in the user interface to the searching user.
The system of dam 9, wherein the sorting criteria further includes a time period rule that restricts sorting past a given time period reflected by a timestamp of each publication in the result set.
The system of dam 9, wherein the operations further comprise calculating a ratio distance value, the ratio distance value defining a number of publications in which a maximum number of publications from the same entity is allowed based on a ratio of business publications to consumer publications in the result set.
A machine-readable medium having no transitory signals and storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface of a searching user, a search request;
- in response to the received search request, determining a result set comprising a plurality of publications;
- for each publication in the result set, identify a corresponding entity providing the publication;
- retrieving sorting criteria including a distance rule that includes a distance value defining a minimum distance between publications from a same entity;
- generating a sorted result set by sorting the plurality of publications in the result set using the sorting criteria such that each publication from the same entity in the search result set is positioned in a sorted order in compliance with the sorting criteria by shifting a publication provided by the same entity down one or more positions from a current position in the result set in order to satisfy the sorting criteria;
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- causing the sorted result set to be displayed in the user interface to the searching user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.