Personalization using multiple personalized selection algorithms
First Claim
1. A system for selecting items to present to users, the system comprising:
- a computer system comprising one or more computing devices, said computer system programmed to implement;
a plurality of item selectors, each of which uses a different respective personalized selection algorithm to select items to nominate for presentation to a target user, each item selector configured to output item nominations together with a relevance score for each nominated item; and
an arbiter that receives the item nominations and associated relevance scores from the item selectors, normalizes the relevance scores for the nominated items, and uses at least the normalized relevance scores to select particular nominated items to present to the target user.
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Abstract
Various computer-implemented methods are disclosed for selecting items, including but not limited to user-submitted blurbs, to present to users. One such method comprises using a plurality of personalized selection algorithms to select items to nominate for presentation to a target user. Each personalized selection algorithm outputs one or more item nominations for the target user together with an associated relevance score for each nominated item. The method further comprises receiving the item nominations and associated relevance scores from the personalized selection algorithms, normalizing the relevance scores, and using at least the normalized relevance scores to select particular items to present to the target user.
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1. A system for selecting items to present to users, the system comprising:
a computer system comprising one or more computing devices, said computer system programmed to implement; a plurality of item selectors, each of which uses a different respective personalized selection algorithm to select items to nominate for presentation to a target user, each item selector configured to output item nominations together with a relevance score for each nominated item; and an arbiter that receives the item nominations and associated relevance scores from the item selectors, normalizes the relevance scores for the nominated items, and uses at least the normalized relevance scores to select particular nominated items to present to the target user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 39)
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14. A computer-implemented method of selecting items to present to users, the method comprising:
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using a plurality of personalized selection algorithms to select items to nominate for presentation to a target user, each personalized selection algorithm outputting one or more item nominations for the target user together with an associated relevance score for each nominated item, said personalized selection algorithms using different respective selection criteria to select particular items to nominate; and receiving the item nominations and associated relevance scores from the personalized selection algorithms, normalizing the relevance scores, and using at least the normalized relevance scores to select particular items to present to the target user; wherein the method is performed in its entirely by one or more computers. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. Physical computer storage having stored thereon executable code that directs one or more computers to implement:
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a plurality of item selectors, each of which uses a different respective personalized selection algorithm to select items to nominate for presentation to a target user, each item selector configured to output item nominations together with a relevance score for each nominated item; and an arbiter that receives the item nominations and associated relevance scores from the item selectors, normalizes the relevance scores for the nominated items, and uses at least the normalized relevance scores to select particular nominated items to present to the target user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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