Recommending a content curator
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1. A search server comprising:
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a computer storage memory having computer-executable instructions for a monitoring application stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, implement a method for recommending a curator, having one or more content collections, to a user, the method comprising;
receiving a search query from a user through a search interface of an online search engine;
determining that a plurality of content on a first content site is responsive to the query, and the content site is separate from the online search engine;
determining the user does not currently follow any curators on the content site;
based on the determination that the user does not currently follow any curators on the content site, calculating a compatibility score for a first curator from the community of curators, the compatibility score measuring a conformity between a style for the user and a style for the first curator, wherein the style for the user is determined using interaction data describing interactions with content on a second content site that is separate from the first content site, and wherein the style of the first curator is determined from content recommendations made by the first curator;
determining the compatibility score satisfies a recommendation requirement; and
upon said determining the compatibility score satisfies the recommendation requirement, outputting for display to the user a recommendation for the first curator.
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Abstract
The technology described herein provides an efficient mechanism for quickly analyzing huge amounts of media content to find media content (hereafter “content” or “media content”) that is relevant to a user. The technology analyzes features of a curator to classify curators by interest and/or find curators with similar content recommendations. The curator data can be used to make curator recommendations to users based on the user'"'"'s interests. The technology described herein collects curator data from multiple content sites and analyzes the data to identify curators that recommend similar content on different content sites.
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18 Claims
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1. A search server comprising:
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a processor; and a computer storage memory having computer-executable instructions for a monitoring application stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, implement a method for recommending a curator, having one or more content collections, to a user, the method comprising; receiving a search query from a user through a search interface of an online search engine; determining that a plurality of content on a first content site is responsive to the query, and the content site is separate from the online search engine; determining the user does not currently follow any curators on the content site; based on the determination that the user does not currently follow any curators on the content site, calculating a compatibility score for a first curator from the community of curators, the compatibility score measuring a conformity between a style for the user and a style for the first curator, wherein the style for the user is determined using interaction data describing interactions with content on a second content site that is separate from the first content site, and wherein the style of the first curator is determined from content recommendations made by the first curator; determining the compatibility score satisfies a recommendation requirement; and upon said determining the compatibility score satisfies the recommendation requirement, outputting for display to the user a recommendation for the first curator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for recommending a curator to a user comprising:
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determining that a user has navigated to a first content site that is associated with a community of curators; determining that the user has not previously visited the first content site; based on the determination that the user has not visited the first content site previously, calculating a compatibility score for a first curator from the community of curators, the compatibility score measuring a conformity between a style for the user and a style for the first curator, wherein the style for the user is determined using interaction data describing interactions with content on a second content site that is separate from the first content site and relationships with content curators on the second site, and wherein the style of the first curator is determined from content recommendations made by the first curator; determining the compatibility score satisfies a recommendation requirement; and outputting for display to the user a recommendation for the first curator. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for recommending a curator to a user, the method comprising:
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determining that a user has relationships with a plurality of curators from multiple content sites; determining that a user has not visited a first content site previously; based on the determination that a user has not visited the first content site, determining based on features of the plurality of curators that a new curator from the first content site has a similarity score with the plurality of curators that is above a threshold score, wherein the user does not currently have a relationship with the new curator; and outputting for display a recommendation for the new curator. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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