Inferring user intent based on hybrid navigation paths
First Claim
1. A system, comprisingone or more computers configured to implement a transaction-related communication system, wherein the transaction-related communication system comprises:
- a physical navigation monitoring module configured to assemble a physical navigation path followed by a user, whereinthe physical navigation path comprises a plurality of physical locations visited by the user prior to requesting a URL of a requested page;
an intent database configured torecord physical navigation paths followed by a plurality of users who have requested the URL of the requested page,record behaviors exhibited by respective ones of the plurality of users after requesting the URL of the requested page, andgroup the respective ones of the plurality of users into intent groupings based on comparison of respective ones of the behaviors, whereinthe respective ones of the behaviors comprise requests for content; and
a content delivery module configured tocompare the physical navigation path to the paths to identify an intent grouping matching the physical navigation path,identify content appropriate to a group behavior associated with the intent grouping, andcommunicate the content appropriate to the group behavior to the user.
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Abstract
Paths followed by a plurality of devices are recorded. Devices of the plurality have sent content requests similar to a current content request. Behaviors exhibited by respective ones of the plurality of devices after sending content requests are recorded. The respective ones of the plurality of devices into intent groupings. A path followed by a device is assembled. The assembling the path comprises recording a plurality of physical location readings generated with respect to the device prior. An intent grouping matching the path is identified. The intent grouping is associated with an expected behavior. Content calculated to facilitate the expected behavior is identified.
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1. A system, comprising
one or more computers configured to implement a transaction-related communication system, wherein the transaction-related communication system comprises: -
a physical navigation monitoring module configured to assemble a physical navigation path followed by a user, wherein the physical navigation path comprises a plurality of physical locations visited by the user prior to requesting a URL of a requested page; an intent database configured to record physical navigation paths followed by a plurality of users who have requested the URL of the requested page, record behaviors exhibited by respective ones of the plurality of users after requesting the URL of the requested page, and group the respective ones of the plurality of users into intent groupings based on comparison of respective ones of the behaviors, wherein the respective ones of the behaviors comprise requests for content; and a content delivery module configured to compare the physical navigation path to the paths to identify an intent grouping matching the physical navigation path, identify content appropriate to a group behavior associated with the intent grouping, and communicate the content appropriate to the group behavior to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method, comprising
recording physical paths followed by a plurality of devices, wherein the devices of the plurality have sent content requests similar to a current content request; -
recording behaviors exhibited by respective ones of the plurality of devices after sending content requests; grouping the respective ones of the plurality of devices into intent groupings; assembling a path followed by a device, wherein the assembling the path comprises recording a plurality of physical location readings generated with respect to the device prior to the current content request; identifying an intent grouping matching the path, wherein each intent grouping is associated with an expected behavior; identifying content calculated to facilitate the expected behavior; and transmitting the content appropriate to the group behavior to the device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that when executed cause a server to implement a content selection module, wherein the content selection module comprises:
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a path recording function for recording physical paths followed by a plurality of devices that have sent content requests similar to a current content request from a device; a behavior recording function recording behaviors exhibited by respective ones of the plurality of devices after sending content requests similar to the current content request; a grouping function for grouping the respective ones of the plurality of devices into intent groupings; an intent group identification function for identifying an intent grouping associated with paths statistically similar to a path, wherein the path comprises a plurality of physical locations visited by a device prior to the current content request; and a content identification function for identifying content appropriate to a group behavior associated with the intent grouping; and a communication function for communicating the content appropriate to the group behavior to the device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising
one or more computers configured to implement a content-selection system, wherein the content selection system comprises: -
an intent database configured to record physical paths followed by a plurality of users who have requested content similar to content that is specified in a current content request, record behaviors exhibited by respective ones of the plurality of users after requesting the content similar to content that is specified in a current content request, and group the respective ones of the plurality of users into intent groupings based on comparison of respective ones of the behaviors; and a content identification module configured to compare a physical navigation path to the paths to identify an intent grouping matching a physical navigation path, wherein the physical navigation path comprises a plurality of physical locations visited by a device; identify content appropriate to a group behavior associated with the intent grouping; and transmit the content appropriate to the group behavior to the device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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