Scoring authors of posts

• US 9,442,989 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2015
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Chen, Annie Tsung-I, Jackson, Todd, Bunner, Andrew A., Steiner, Matthew S., Pongsajapan, John, Coleman, Keith J., Ho, Edward S., McBride, Sean E., Cheng, Jessica Shih-Lan
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUI, THUY T
• Application Number:
  US14/657,629
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 707/748
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A score for each of a plurality of authors of posts submitted to a server system is determined. The score for each individual author in the plurality is based on a score of one or more authors in the plurality that have requested to subscribe to a stream of posts that the individual author submits to the server system. A particular post submitted by a particular author in the plurality is received at the server system and from a computing device. A score is assigned to the particular post based on a score of the particular author. The particular post is transmitted from the server system to computing devices that are associated with authors who have requested to subscribe to posts by the particular author.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining, using one or more processors, a first score for a first user based on a quality of first comments that have been received as replies to first content that was submitted by the first user;

determining, using one or more processors, a second score for a second user based on a quality of second comments that have been received as replies to second content that was submitted by the second user;

selecting a third user with which the first user and the second user interact;

determining, using one or more processors, a third score for the third user, based on the first score for the first user and the second score for the second user;

using the third score for the third user in a determination of a score for third user content that was submitted by the third user;

ranking the third user content with respect to other user content of other users based on the third score for the third user content and scores for the other user content; and

providing the third user content and the other user content for display by a computing device in a ranked order according to the third score for the third user content and the scores for the other user content.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the quality of the first comments is based on lengths of the first comments, such that determining the first score is based on the lengths of the first comments; and

the quality of the second comments is based on lengths of the second comments, such that determining the second score is based on the lengths of the second comments.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the quality of the first comments is based on first user-supplied ratings of the first comments, such that determining the first score is based on the first user-supplied ratings of the first comments; and

the quality of the second comments is based on second user-supplied ratings of the second comments, such that determining the second score is based on the second user-supplied ratings of the second comments.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the first content was submitted by the first user to a messaging system; and

the second content was submitted by the second user to the messaging system.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein:

the first content is a post that was authored by the first user for presentation by the messaging system to other users of the messaging system; and

the second content is a post that was authored by the second user for presentation by the messaging system to other users of the messaging system.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein selecting the third user to which the first user and the second user interact includes identifying that (i) the third user has requested to subscribe to the first user so as to receive user content submitted by the first user, and (ii) the third user has requested to subscribe to the second user so as to receive user content submitted by the second user.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the first user has requested to subscribe to (i) the third user, or (ii) another user who is connected in a chain of subscribing users back to the third user.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the first comments were submitted by users other than the first user; and

the second comments were submitted by users other than the second user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising using the third score for the third user in a determination of a score for third user content that was submitted by the third user.

10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining, using one or more processors, a first score for a first user based on a quality of first comments that have been received as replies to first content that was submitted by the first user, wherein the quality of the first comments is based on a substantive nature of text of the first comments, such that determining the first score for the first user is based on the substantive nature of the text of the first comments that were received as replies to the first content that was submitted by the first user;

determining, using one or more processors, a second score for a second user based on a quality of second comments that have been received as replies to second content that was submitted by the second user, wherein the quality of the second comments is based on a substantive nature of text of the second comments, such that determining the second score for the second user is based on the substantive nature of the text of the second comments that were received as replies to the second content that was submitted by the second user;

selecting a third user with which the first user and the second user interact and

determining, using one or more processors, a third score for the third user, based on the first score for the first user and the second score for the second user.

11. A computing system comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

memory accessible to the one or more computer processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause performance of operations that comprise;

determining, using the one or more computer processors, a first score for a first user based on a quality of first comments that have been received as replies to first content that was submitted by the first user;

determining, using the one or more computer processors, a second score for a second user based on a quality of second comments that have been received as replies to second content that was submitted by the second user;

selecting a third user with which the first user and the second user interact;

determining, using one or more processors, a third score for the third user, based on the first score for the first user and the second score for the second user;

using the third score for the third user in a determination of a score for third user content that was submitted by the third user;

ranking the third user content with respect to other user content of other users based on the third score for the third user content and scores for the other user content and

providing the third user content and the other user content for display by a computing device in a ranked order according to the third score for the third user content and the scores for the other user content.

12. The computing system of claim 11, wherein:

the quality of the first comments is based on lengths of the first comments, such that determining the first score is based on the lengths of the first comments; and

the quality of the second comments is based on lengths of the second comments, such that determining the second score is based on the lengths of the second comments.

13. The computing system of claim 11, wherein:

the quality of the first comments is based on first user-supplied ratings of the first comments, such that determining the first score is based on the first user-supplied ratings of the first comments; and

the quality of the second comments is based on second user-supplied ratings of the second comments, such that determining the second score is based on the second user-supplied ratings of the second comments.

14. The computing system of claim 11, wherein:

the first content was submitted by the first user to a messaging system; and

the second content was submitted by the second user to the messaging system.

15. The computing system of claim 14, wherein:

the first content is a post that was authored by the first user for presentation by the messaging system to other users of the messaging system; and

the second content is a post that was authored by the second user for presentation by the messaging system to other users of the messaging system.

16. The computing system of claim 11, wherein selecting the third user to which the first user and the second user interact includes identifying that (i) the third user has requested to subscribe to the first user so as to receive user content submitted by the first user, and (ii) the third user has requested to subscribe to the second user so as to receive user content submitted by the second user.

17. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the first user has requested to subscribe to (i) the third user, or (ii) another user who is connected in a chain of subscribing users back to the third user.

18. A computing system comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

memory accessible to the one or more computer processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause performance of operations that comprise;

determining, using one or more processors, a first score for a first user based on a quality of first comments that have been received as replies to first content that was submitted by the first user, wherein the quality of the first comments is based on a substantive nature of text of the first comments, such that determining the first score for the first user is based on the substantive nature of the text of the first comments that were received as replies to the first content that was submitted by the first user;

determining, using one or more processors, a second score for a second user based on a quality of second comments that have been received as replies to second content that was submitted by the second user, wherein the quality of the second comments is based on a substantive nature of text of the second comments, such that determining the second score for the second user is based on the substantive nature of the text of the second comments that were received as replies to the second content that was submitted by the second user;

selecting a third user with which the first user and the second user interact and

determining, using one or more processors, a third score for the third user, based on the first score for the first user and the second score for the second user.