Dynamically selecting and presenting content relevant to user input
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a textual input that forms a part of a request by a user, the textual input in the form of a prefix that is included in the request;
identifying completions based on the prefix;
for each completion, determining an advertisement-completion pair including the completion and an advertisement matched to the completion;
for each advertisement-completion pair, computing a final score, by one or more data processors based at least in part on a likelihood that the completion of the pair represents the request and a quality measure of the advertisement of the pair matches the completion of the pair;
for each advertisement-completion pair, determining a bid for the advertisement of the advertisement-completion pair;
running an auction to select an advertisement from the advertisement-completion pairs based on the bids and final scores; and
identifying display data associated with the selected advertisement.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media are provided. One example method includes receiving a textual input that forms a part of a user request, the textual input in the form of a prefix that when complete constitutes the request. The method further includes identifying completions based on the prefix, determining one or more content items associated with each completion, computing initial scores including a score for each content item-completion pair including determining a likelihood that a given completion represents the request and a quality of the content item as compared to the completion, computing final scores including scores for each prefix-content item pair using the initial scores, computing a bid for each content item, running an auction to select a content item based on the bids and final scores, and identifying display data associated with the selected content item.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a textual input that forms a part of a request by a user, the textual input in the form of a prefix that is included in the request; identifying completions based on the prefix; for each completion, determining an advertisement-completion pair including the completion and an advertisement matched to the completion; for each advertisement-completion pair, computing a final score, by one or more data processors based at least in part on a likelihood that the completion of the pair represents the request and a quality measure of the advertisement of the pair matches the completion of the pair; for each advertisement-completion pair, determining a bid for the advertisement of the advertisement-completion pair; running an auction to select an advertisement from the advertisement-completion pairs based on the bids and final scores; and identifying display data associated with the selected advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to:
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receive a textual input that forms a part of a request by a user, the textual input in the form of a prefix that is included in the request; identify completions based on the prefix; for each completion, determine an advertisement-completion pair including the completion and an advertisement matched to the completion; for each advertisement-completion pair, compute a final score based at least in part on a likelihood that the completion of the pair represents the request and a quality measure of the advertisement of the pair matches the completion of the pair; for each advertisement-completion pair, determining a bid for the advertisement of the advertisement-completion pair; run an auction to select an advertisement from the advertisement-completion pairs based on the bids and final scores; and identify display data associated with the selected advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a textual input that forms a part of a request by a user, the textual input in the form of a prefix that is included in the request; means for identifying completions based on the prefix; means for determining, for each completion, an advertisement-completion pair including the completion and an advertisement matched to the completion; means for computing, for each advertisement-completion pair, a final score based at least in part on a likelihood that the completion of the pair represents the request and a quality measure of the advertisement of the pair matches the completion of the pair; means for determining, for each advertisement-completion pair, a bid for the advertisement of the advertisement-completion pair; means for running an auction to select an advertisement from the advertisement-completion pairs based on the bids and final scores; and means for identifying display data associated with the selected advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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