Content entity management

• US 8,176,055 B1
• Filed: 03/27/2007
• Issued: 05/08/2012
• 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): Ali, Mohammad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shanmugasundaram, Kannan
• Application Number:
  US11/691,624
• Time in Patent Office: 1,869 Days
• Field of Search: 707/6, 707999001-999006, 707/749, 707/750, 707/748
• US Class Current: 707/749
• 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:

selecting one or more second content entities based on a respective association score for each of the second content entities wherein the respective association score indicates whether the second content entity is unrelated to a first content entity, and

wherein the respective association score is based at least in part on a rank freshness of the second content entity wherein the rank freshness indicates whether a search result rank of the second content entity has recently changed and wherein the rank freshness exceeds a rank freshness threshold;

selecting a plurality of arbiters based at least in part on respective geographic locations of the arbiters;

providing the first content entity and the second content entities to the plurality of arbiters and obtaining one or more decisions by the arbiters as to whether the second content entities are associated with the first content entity;

determining that a second content entity of the second content entities is to be disassociated from the first content entity based on a count of the obtained decisions that indicate that the second content entity is not associated with the first content entity, wherein the count exceeds a count threshold;

responsive to the determining, disassociating the second content entity from the first content entity and, for one or more of the selected arbiters who decided that the second content entity is not associated with the first content entity, crediting a respective count for the arbiter; and

wherein selecting, providing, and determining are performed by one or more computers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

a particular respective association score for the second content entity is based on a number of phenomena in the second content entity, wherein a phenomenon is one of a text pattern, a profane word or phrase, and a uniform resource locator.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

selecting the second content entities further comprises selecting the second content entities whose respective association scores satisfy a first threshold.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

selecting the second content entities further comprises selecting the second content entities whose respective association scores are above a first threshold or below a distinct second threshold.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining the decisions within a predetermined amount of time following the providing.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the count threshold is based on a count of the obtained decisions.

7. A system comprising:

one or more computers configured to perform operations comprising;

selecting one or more second content entities based on a respective association score for each of the second content entities wherein the respective association score indicates whether the second content entity is unrelated to a first content entity, and wherein the respective association score is based at least in part on a rank freshness of the second content entity wherein the rank freshness indicates whether a search result rank of the second content entity has recently changed and wherein the rank freshness exceeds a rank freshness threshold;

selecting a plurality of arbiters based at least in part on respective geographic locations of the arbiters;

providing the first content entity and the second content entities to the plurality of arbiters and obtaining one or more decisions by the arbiters as to whether one or more of the second content entities are associated with the first content entity;

determining that a second content entity of the second content entities is to be disassociated from the first content entity based a count of the obtained decisions that indicate that the second content entity is not associated with the first content entity, wherein the count exceeds a count threshold; and

responsive to the determining, disassociating the second content entity from the first content entity, and, for one or more of the selected arbiters who decided that the second content entity is not associated with the first content entity, crediting a respective account for the arbiter.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein:

a particular respective association score for the second content entity is based on a number of phenomena in the second content entity, wherein a phenomenon is one of a text pattern, a profane word or phrase, and a uniform resource locator.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein:

selecting the second content entities further comprises selecting the second content entities whose respective association scores satisfy a first threshold.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein:

selecting the second content entities further comprises selecting the second content entities whose respective association scores are above a first threshold or below a distinct second threshold.

11. The system of claim 7, the operations further comprising obtaining the decisions within a predetermined amount of time following the providing.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the count threshold is based on a count of the obtained decisions.

13. A computer program product, stored on a computer-readable storage device, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

selecting one or more second content entities based on a respective association score for each one of the second content entities wherein the association score indicates whether the second content entity is unrelated to a first content entity, and wherein the respective association score is based at least in part on a rank freshness of the second content entity wherein the rank freshness indicates whether a search result rank of the second content entity has recently changed and wherein the rank freshness exceeds a rank freshness threshold;

selecting a plurality of arbiters based at least in part on respective geographic locations of the arbiters;

providing the first content entity and the second content entities to the plurality of arbiters and obtaining one or more decisions by the arbiters as to whether one or more of the second content entities are associated with the first content entity;

determining that a second content entity of the second content entities is to be disassociated from the first content entity based on a count of the obtained decisions that indicate that the second content entity is not associated with the first content entity, wherein the count exceeds a count threshold; and

responsive to the determining, disassociating the second content entity from the first content entity and, for one or more of the selected arbiters who decided that the second content entity is not associated with the first content entity, crediting a respective account for the arbiter.

14. The program product of claim 13, further comprising selecting a plurality of arbiters based at least in part on respective geographic locations of the arbiters.

15. The program product of claim 13, wherein:

selecting the second content entities further comprises selecting the second content entities whose respective association scores satisfy a first threshold.

16. The program product of claim 13, wherein:

selecting the second content entities further comprises selecting the second content entities whose respective association scores are above a first threshold or below a distinct second threshold.

17. The program product of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

obtaining the decisions within a predetermined amount of time following the providing.

18. The program product of claim 13, wherein the count threshold is based on a count of the obtained decisions.