US 9,436,741 B2Granted

Graphically representing associations between referents and stories

AssigneeAudible, Inc.

InventorsGuy A. Story, Jr., Steven Dzik

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Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for graphically representing associations between one or more stories and one or more referents of interest. In some embodiments, a score may be determined for each of a set of stories based at least in part on a number of associations between the given story and one or more referents of interest. A graphical representation of the stories may then be presented for display. The graphical representation may include indicia, where each indicium graphically indicates the strength of association between a given story and the one or more referents of interest. The strength of association for a given story may be determined, for example, based at least in part on the determined score for the story.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

an electronic data store configured to at least store data associated with a plurality of stories, wherein the data associated with each story comprises referent data identifying one or more referents referenced in content of the story;
and
a computing system comprising one or more hardware computing devices, said computing system in communication with the electronic data store and configured to at least:
receive information identifying a plurality of stories of interest to a user, wherein the plurality of stories of interest to the user comprise a first story listed in a first list associated with the user and a second story listed in a second list associated with the user;
assign a first list weight to the first list;
assign a second list weight to the second list;
determine a referent of potential interest to the user based at least in part on (a) the first list weight, (b) the second list weight, and (c) the referent data stored in the electronic data store, wherein the referent of potential interest is determined based at least in part by identifying that the referent of potential interest is referenced in content of the first story of the plurality of stories of interest to the user and is also referenced in content of the second story of the plurality of stories of interest to the user, wherein the second story is different than the first story;
and
determine a recommended story for the user, wherein the recommended story is determined based at least in part on a determination that the recommended story is associated with the referent of potential interest to the user, wherein the recommended story is not one of the plurality of stories of interest to the user identified in the received information.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,
identifying a plurality of stories of interest to a user;
identifying a plurality of referents that are referenced in content of one or more of the plurality of stories of interest to the user;
determining, from among the plurality of referents, a referent of potential interest to the user, wherein the referent of potential interest is determined based at least in part on a count of how many of the plurality of stories of interest to the user are associated with the referent of potential interest, wherein the referent of potential interest is determined based at least in part by identifying that the referent of potential interest is referenced in content of each of two or more of the plurality of stories of interest to the user;
and
determining a recommended story for the user, wherein the recommended story is determined based at least in part on a determination that the recommended story is associated with the referent of potential interest to the user.

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A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer systems, configure the one or more computer systems to perform operations comprising:

receiving information identifying a plurality of stories of interest to a user;
identifying a plurality of referents that are referenced in content of one or more of the plurality of stories of interest to the user;
determining, from among the plurality of referents, a referent of potential interest to the user, wherein the referent of potential interest is determined based at least in part on a count of how many of the plurality of stories of interest to the user are associated with the referent of potential interest, wherein the referent of potential interest is determined based at least in part by identifying that the referent of potential interest is referenced in at least a portion of content of each of two or more of the plurality of stories of interest to the user;
and
determining a recommended story for the user, wherein the recommended story is determined based at least in part on a determination that the recommended story is associated with the referent of potential interest to the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/101,060Filed 9 Dec 2013 · continuation
Priority: 17 Dec 2010
Published: US 2015/0127639 A17 May 2015
Granted: 6 Sep 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06F 16/248
Querying: presentation of query results
G06F 16/34
Of unstructured textual data: browsing; Visualisation therefor
G06F 16/438
Querying: presentation of query results
G06F
Computing and data processing

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Application12/972,058Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Dec 2010
US 2015/0127639 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 May 2015
US 8,606,775 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2012/0158706 A1Published application
US 9,436,741 B2This patent

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