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Relevance scores for result ranking and arrangement

  • US 8,001,141 B1
  • Filed: 12/01/2009
  • Issued: 08/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of configuring items for display in an electronic marketplace, comprising:

  • under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,receiving item data for each of a plurality of items available for consumption through the electronic marketplace, each item defining a product, each item being associated with at least one category node in a hierarchical categorization tree comprising a plurality of category nodes, each category node including a plurality of product categories, wherein each item is associated with at least one product category of the plurality of product categories included in each category node;

    obtaining browse relevance data for each of the plurality of items, the browse relevance data representing previous user actions with respect to any of the category nodes associated with each item;

    for each item, determining a browse relevance score for each category node associated with the item based at least in part upon the browse relevance data, the browse relevance score including a score for the item in a product category with which the item is associated, the score for the item including a popularity score for the item, the popularity score being determined based on a prediction boost score that provides a boost for the score for the item based at least in part on whether the item is based on a popular character;

    generating a ranked list of browse relevance scores for each category node, each ranked list including the browse relevance scores for each item associated with the category node;

    in response to receiving a user-generated request corresponding to one of the category nodes, determining an arrangement of at least a portion of the items associated with the category node based at least in part upon the ranked list of browse relevance scores for the category node, the arrangement including images of two or more items with the highest browse relevance scores among browse relevance scores determined for the items associated with the category node, the arrangement further including a title of a product category with which each of the two or more items is associated; and

    providing a page including the arrangement for display to the user having generated the request.

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