Scoring items

• US 8,805,026 B1
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Rosenberg, Charles, Rowley, Henry A., Malpani, Radhika
• Primary Examiner(s): AZARIAN, SEYED H
• Application Number:
  US14/107,295
• Time in Patent Office: 239 Days
• Field of Search: 382/100, 382/103, 382/112, 382135-140, 382155-161, 382/168, 382/176, 382/173, 382/181, 382/190, 382/194, 382/199, 382/209, 382/232, 382/254, 382/274, 382/276, 382/305, 382/312, 382/165, 382/310, 707/706, 706/14, 706/13, 709/224
• US Class Current: 382/112
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/256 of results relating to different input data, e.g. multimodal recognition

Abstract

A system identifies an image and determines whether the image contains inappropriate content based on first data associated with the image, second data associated with a document that contains the image or refers to the image, and/or third data associated with a group of documents with which the image is associated.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by one or more server devices, an item associated with a web site,

the web site including a first web page and a second web page,

the first web page containing or referring to the item;

generating, by one or more server devices, a score, for the item, that represents a likelihood that the item corresponds to inappropriate content,

the score being based on a content of the item and based on;

a content of the first web page,

a content of another item associated with the web site, or

a content of the second web page;

associating, by one or more server devices, a tag with the item based on the score; and

determining, by one or more server devices and based on the tag, whether to provide information regarding the item for display when the item is identified based on a search query.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the score exceeds a threshold,

where associating the tag with the item includes;

associating the tag with the item based on determining that the score exceeds the threshold.

3. The method of claim 2, where determining whether to provide the information regarding the item includes:

determining that the information regarding the item is not to be provided for display based on the tag being associated with the item.

4. The method of claim 3, where determining that the information regarding the item is not to be provided for display comprises:

identifying a preference, of a user, relating to inappropriate content,

the preference of the user indicating that inappropriate content is not to be provided to the user; and

determining that the information regarding the item is not to be provided for display based on;

the tag being associated with the item, and

the preference of the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the score exceeds a threshold; and

determining that the item corresponds to inappropriate content based on determining that the score exceeds the threshold,

where associating the tag with the item includes;

associating the tag with the item based on determining that the item corresponds to inappropriate content.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the search query; and

identifying the information regarding the item and information regarding one or more other items based on a search performed using the search query,

where determining whether to provide information regarding the item for display includes;

determining whether to provide the information regarding the item and the information regarding the one or more other items for display as results of the search.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

providing the information regarding the one or more other items for display as results of the search without providing the information regarding the item based on the tag being associated with the item.

8. The method of claim 1, where the score is based on:

the content of the item,

the content of the first web page, and

the content of the other item associated with the web site, or

the content of the second web page.

9. A system comprising:

one or more processors to;

identify an item associated with a web site,

the web site including a first web page and a second web page,

the first web page containing or referring to the item;

generate a score for the item,

the score representing a likelihood that the item includes inappropriate content,

the score being based on a content of the first web page and based on;

a content of the item,

a content of another item associated with the web site, or

a content of the second web page;

associate a tag with the item based on the score; and

determine, based on the tag, whether to provide information regarding the item for display when the item is identified based on a search query.

10. The system of claim 9, where, when determining whether to provide the information regarding the item for display, the one or more processors are to:

identify a preference, of a user, relating to receiving inappropriate content; and

determine whether to provide the information regarding the item for display based on;

the tag, and

the preference of the user.

11. The system of claim 10, where the one or more processors are to:

provide the information regarding the item for display when the preference, of the user, corresponds to a first level,

the information regarding the item not being provided for display when the preference of the user corresponds to a second level,

the second level being higher than the first level.

12. The system of claim 9, where the one or more processors are further to:

determine that the score exceeds a threshold,

where, when associating the tag with the item, the one or more processors are to;

associate the tag with the item based on determining that the score exceeds the threshold.

13. The system of claim 12, where the one or more processors are further to:

determine that the item includes inappropriate content based on determining that the score exceeds the threshold,

where, when associating the tag with the item, the one or more processors are to;

associate the tag with the item based on determining that the item includes inappropriate content.

14. The system of claim 9, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive the search query; and

identify information regarding search results of a search performed using the search query,

the information regarding the search results including the information regarding the item and information regarding one or more other items,

where, when determining whether to provide the information regarding the item for display, the one or more processors are to;

determine whether to remove the information regarding the item from the information regarding the search results.

15. The system of claim 14, where the one or more processors are further to:

remove the information regarding the item from the information regarding the search results based on the tag being associated with the item; and

provide the information regarding the one or more other items for display as the search results.

16. The system of claim 9, where the score is based on:

the content of the first web page,

the content of the item, and

the content of the other item associated with the web site, or

the content of the second web page.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

identify an item associated with a web site,

the web site including a first web page and a second web page,

the first web page containing or referring to the item;

generate a score for the item,

the score representing a likelihood that the item includes inappropriate content,

the score being based on a content of another item associated with the web site or a content of the second web page and based on;

a content of the item, or

a content of the first web page;

associate the score with the item; and

determine, based on the score, whether to provide information regarding the item for display when the item is identified based on a search query.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, where one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to determine whether to provide the information regarding the item for display include:

one or more instructions to identify a preference, of a user, relating to receiving inappropriate content; and

one or more instructions to determine whether to provide the information regarding the item for display based on;

the score, and

the preference of the user.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions to provide the information regarding the item for display when the preference of the user corresponds to a first level,

the information regarding the item being not provided for display when the preference of the user corresponds to a second level,

the second level being greater than the first level.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, where one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to generate the score for the item include:

one or more instructions to generate a first score based on the content of the item;

one or more instructions to generate a second score based on the content of the first web page; and

one or more instructions to generate a third score based on the content of the other item associated with the web site or the content of the second web page,

where the score is generated based on the first score, the second score, and the third score.