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Popularity of content items

  • US 9,317,568 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2013
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing search results, the method comprising:

  • determining, based on a received search query, a first search result and a second search result;

    identifying a first genre related to the first search result and a second genre related to the second search result, the first genre and the second genre being different genres;

    accessing a first genre-specific catalog associated with the first genre and a second genre-specific catalog associated with the second genre;

    determining, using at least one processor, a first content item included in the first genre-specific catalog that is associated with the first search result and a second content item included in the second genre-specific catalog that is associated with the second search result;

    calculating, using the at least one processor, a perceived popularity for the first content item and a perceived popularity for the second content item by performing popularity queries for the first content item and the second content item, the popularity queries formed after receiving the search query;

    determining, using the at least one processor, a presentation of the first search result and the second search result based on the calculated perceived popularity of the first content item and the calculated perceived popularity of the second content item; and

    providing, using the at least one processor, the determined presentation of the first search result and the second search result for display on a device of a user.

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