Content entity management

• US 8,612,460 B1
• Filed: 05/07/2012
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Datar, Mayur, Garg, Ashutosh
• Primary Examiner(s): Shanmugasundaram, Kannan
• Application Number:
  US13/465,963
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 707/754, 707999001-999005
• US Class Current: 707/754
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A first content entity and one or more associated second content entities are presented to one or more arbiters. Arbiter determinations relating to the association of at least one of the second content entities with the first content entity are received. A determination as to whether the at least one of the second content entities is to be disassociated from the first content entity based on the arbiter determinations can be made.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

identifying one or more second content entities associated with a first content entity wherein each of the second content entities has a respective association score that is based on a measure of a recent change in a search result rank of the second content entity, and wherein the measure of the recent change in the search result rank of the second content entity exceeds a rank threshold;

providing the first content entity and one or more of the second content entities associated with the first content entity for presentation to a plurality of arbiters;

receiving determinations from a plurality of the arbiters within a predetermined time limit period, wherein each determination indicates an association determination of a respective arbiter of the plurality of arbiters for a second content entity of the one or more second content entities and the first content entity;

determining that a second content entity is to be disassociated from the first content entity based on, at least, the received determinations by determining that a number of the received determinations that each indicate an association determination to disassociate the second content entity from the first content entity is in proportion to the respective association score for the second content entity; and

crediting one or more of the plurality of arbiters for which a determination to disassociate the second content entity from the first content entity was received.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the one or more second content entities further comprises providing the second content entities having respective association scores that satisfy a threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the respective association score is in substantially inverse proportion to the measure of the recent change in the search result rank of the second content entity.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the respective association score is based on, at least, a number of phenomena in the second content entity, wherein a phenomenon is one of a text pattern, a profane word or phrase, or a uniform resource locator.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the association determination is a determination to dissociate the second content entity of the one or more second content entities and the first content entity.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the association determination is a determination not to disassociate the second content entity of the one or more second content entities and the first content entity.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein determining that the second content entity is to be disassociated from the first content entity further comprises determining that a majority of the association determinations indicate that the second content entity is to be disassociated from the first content entity.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the first content entity and the one or more second content entities associated with the first content entity for presentation to the plurality of arbiters further comprises providing the first content entity and the one or more second content entities to the plurality of arbiters at different times.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the first content entity is a web page, video content, audio content, an online journal entry, a blog post, a news article, an item offered for sale in an online store, a search query, or text.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the second content entity is a rating, a review, a tag, a comment, an annotation, a link to a web page, or a collection of search results based on a search query.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processors programmed to perform operations comprising;

identifying one or more second content entities associated with a first content entity wherein each of the second content entities has a respective association score that is based on a measure of a recent change in a search result rank of the second content entity, and wherein the measure of the recent change in the search result rank of the second content entity exceeds a rank threshold;

providing the first content entity and one or more of the second content entities associated with the first content entity for presentation to a plurality of arbiters;

receiving determinations from a plurality of the arbiters within a predetermined time limit period, wherein each determination indicates an association determination of a respective arbiter of the plurality of arbiters for a second content entity of the one or more second content entities and the first content entity;

determining that a second content entity is to be disassociated from the first content entity based on, at least, the received determinations by determining thin a number of the received determinations that each indicate an association determination to disassociate the second content entity from the first content entity is in proportion to the respective association score for the second content entity; and

crediting one or more of the plurality of arbiters for which a determination to disassociate the second content entity from the first content entity was received.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the association determination is a determination to dissociate the second content entity of the one or more second content entities and the first content entity.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the association determination is a determination not to disassociate the second content entity of the one or more second content entities and the first content entity.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein the first content entity is a web page, video content, audio content, an online journal entry, a blog post, a news article, an item offered for sale in an online store, a search query, or text.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the second content entity is a rating, a review, a tag, a comment, an annotation, a link to a web page, or a collection of search results based on a search query.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

identifying one or more second content entities associated with a first content entity wherein each of the second content entities has a respective association score that is based on a measure of a recent change in a search result rank of the second content entity, and wherein the measure of the recent change in the search result rank of the second content entity exceeds a rank threshold;

providing the first content entity and one or more of the second content entities associated with the first content entity for presentation to a plurality of arbiters;

receiving determinations from a plurality of the arbiters within a predetermined time limit period, wherein each determination indicates an association determination of a respective arbiter of the plurality of arbiters for a second content entity of the one or more second content entities and the first content entity;

determining that a second content entity is to be disassociated from the first content entity based on, at least, the received determinations by determining that a number of the received determinations that each indicate an association determination to disassociate the second content entity from the first content entity is in proportion to the respective association score for the second content entity; and

crediting one or more of the plurality of arbiters for which a determination to disassociate the second content entity from the first content entity was received.