Identification of electronic content significant to a user

• US 10,318,111 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2016
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Vandermolen, Harmannus, Fish, Charles, Howe, Karen, Vidich, Paul, Levine, Scott J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Titcomb, William D
• Application Number:
  US15/132,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20160231891A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 715738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Content that is significant to a user may be determined. An indication that a user finds content within a document significant may be received. In response to the received indication, the document may be analyzed to identify a set of topics associated with the content of the document. From the set of topics, a subset of topics responsible for the user finding the document significant may be identified. A user profile associated with the user may be updated based on the subset of topics.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting electronic content;

providing a single-action selectable button to a user in a user interface that presents the electronic content, wherein selection by the user of the single-action selectable button indicates that the user is interested in at least a portion of the electronic content;

detecting, by at least one processor, a selection by the user of the single-action selectable button;

in response to the selection by the user of the single-action selectable button and without further user interaction;

analyzing the electronic content to determine multiple topics of interest from the electronic content based on context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button;

selecting a topic of interest for the user from the determined multiple topics of interest based on the context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button and information associated with the user; and

updating, based on the selected topic of interest, a user profile associated with the user to reflect an association between the electronic content and the selected topic of interest; and

providing, based on the updated user profile, additional content to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the single-action selectable button is independent of the electronic content.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying the additional content utilizing one or more attributes associated with the electronic content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a recommended topic from the determined multiple topics of interest; and

recommending the recommended topic to the user for association with the electronic content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the recommended topic from the determined multiple topics of interest comprises determining the recommended topic based on previous topic selections made by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the multiple topics of interest from the electronic content based on at least one of:

the user profile associated with the user or one or more attributes associated with the electronic content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the electronic content comprises presenting a web page.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein providing the single-action selectable button comprises providing the single-action selectable button within a window presenting the web page.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein providing the single-action selectable button comprises providing the single-action selectable button within a toolbar of a browser presenting the web page.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button comprises viewable attributes of the electronic content within the user interface at a time of the selection of the single-action selectable button.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button comprises media types from the electronic content displayed in the user interface at a time of the selection of the single-action selectable button.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the electronic content to determine the multiple topics of interest from the electronic content based on the context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button comprises:

extracting textual content from a portion of the electronic content that is displayed in the user interface at a time of the selection of the single-action selectable button; and

searching the textual content for the multiple topics of interest based on a frequency of terms within the textual content.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button comprises cursor movements on the electronic content within a threshold time of the selection of the single-action selectable button.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing metadata associated with the electronic content to determine the multiple topics of interest.

15. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to;

present electronic content;

provide a single-action selectable button to a user in a user interface that presents the electronic content, wherein selection by the user of the single-action selectable button indicates that the user is interested in at least a portion of the electronic content;

detect a selection by the user of the single-action selectable button;

in response to the selection by the user of the single-action selectable button and without further user interaction;

analyze the electronic content to determine multiple topics of interest from the electronic content based on context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button;

select a topic of interest for the user from the determined multiple topics of interest based on the context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button and information associated with the user; and

update, based on the selected topic of interest, a user profile associated with the user to reflect an association between the electronic content and the selected topic of interest; and

provide, based on the updated user profile, additional content to the user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the single-action selectable button is independent of the electronic content.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button comprises viewable attributes of the electronic content within the user interface at the time of the selection of the single-action selectable button.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the electronic content comprises a web page, and the single-action selectable button is provided within a window presenting the web page or a toolbar of a browser presenting the web page.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

determine a recommended topic from the determined multiple topics of interest; and

recommend the recommended topic to the user for association with the electronic content.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computer system to:

present electronic content;

provide a single-action selectable button to a user in a user interface that presents the electronic content, wherein selection by the user of the single-action selectable button indicates that the user is interested in at least a portion of the electronic content;

detect a selection by the user of the single-action selectable button;

in response to the selection by the user of the single-action selectable button and without further user interaction;

analyze the electronic content to determine multiple topics of interest from the electronic content based on context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button;

select a topic of interest for the user from the determined multiple topics of interest based on the context associated with the selection of the single-action selectable button and information associated with the user; and

update, based on the selected topic of interest, a user profile associated with the user to reflect an association between the electronic content and the selected topic of interest; and

provide, based on the updated user profile, additional content to the user.