US 9,542,451 B2Granted

Mobile application search ranking

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorJiayao Yu

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Abstract

Disclosed is a technique for providing a linkage between applications, or other digital content, of an application store by assigning values to users of the digital content with respect to a particular user who is submitting a query for particular digital content. The technique involves receiving a query and identifying a subset of digital content based on the query and a word matching technique. For each identified digital content, users who have installed or downloaded the digital content may be determined. A reputation score, corresponding to a user's influence, and a trust score, corresponding to a degree of separation between the user who submitted the query and other users who have installed the digital content, may be computed for each of the users. A list of recommended applications may be generated based on the word matching technique, the reputation score, and the trust score.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by an application store server, at least one term as a search request from a client device associated with a user, wherein the application store server provides a plurality of applications and digital content for digital distribution to devices associated with a first plurality of users;
determining, by the application store server, a plurality of applications that are associated with the at least one search term based on a word matching technique;
for each of the plurality of applications, determining an associated plurality of users, each of which is associated with a device on which the each of the plurality of applications is installed;
computing a reputation score for each user of each associated plurality of users, wherein the reputation score represents an indication of an influence of the user based on at least a post count and number of followers for a social network site;
computing a trust score for each user of each associated plurality of users, wherein the trust score indicates a degree of separation between the user of the client device and one user of at least one of the associated plurality of users;
and
generating a list of recommended applications based on the plurality of applications that are associated with the at least one search term, the reputation score, and the trust score.

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A system, comprising:

a database for storing a plurality of digital content and information pertaining to the plurality of digital content and the digital content;
a processor of an application store server communicatively coupled to the database, wherein the application server provides the plurality of digital content for digital distribution to devices associated with a first plurality of users configured to:
receive at least one term as a search request from a client device associated with a user;
determine a plurality of applications that are associated with the at least one search term based on a word matching technique;
for each of the plurality of applications, determine an associated plurality users, each of which is associated with a device on which the each of the plurality of applications is installed;
compute a reputation score for each user of each associated plurality of users, wherein the reputation score represents an indication of an influence of the user based on at least a post count and number of followers for a social network site;
compute a trust score for each user of each associated plurality of users, wherein the trust score indicates a degree of separation between the user and one user of at least one of the associated plurality of users;
and
generate a list of recommended applications based on the plurality of applications that are associated with the at least one search term, the reputation score, and the trust score.

6 more elements

A system, comprising:

a database for storing a plurality of digital content and an entry comprising information pertaining to the plurality of digital content;
a processor communicatively coupled to the database, configured to:
obtain a reputation score for each of a first plurality of users, wherein the reputation score corresponds to an indication of an influence of a user based on at least a post count and number of followers for a social network site;
establish a link between each of the plurality of applications by:
determining an installation base that represents those applications of the plurality of applications that each of a second plurality of users have installed, wherein the second plurality of users includes each of the first plurality of users;
store a first indication of the installation base in the database for each of the plurality of applications;
store a second indication of the reputation score for each user of the first of the plurality of users for any of the plurality of applications that at least one member of the first of the plurality of users has installed;
receive an indication of a trust score for the second plurality of users, wherein the trust score corresponds to at least a degree of separation between a member of the second plurality of users and every other member of the second plurality of users;
store a third indication of the trust score for the second plurality of users to the database.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/478,063Filed 5 Sep 2014
Published: US 2016/0070704 A110 Mar 2016
Granted: 10 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 16/24578
With adaptation to user needs: using ranking
G06F 16/907
Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from…
G06F 16/9535
Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines: search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
G06F 16/9538
Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines: presentation of query results