Pre-filtering in a messaging platform
US10248667B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0275
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A real-time messaging platform allows advertiser accounts to pay to insert candidate messages into the message streams requested by account holders. To accommodate multiple advertisers, the messaging platform controls an auction process that determines which candidate messages are selected for inclusion in a requested account holder's message stream. Selection is based on a bid for the candidate message, the message stream that is requested, and a variety of other factors that vary depending upon the implementation. The process for selection of candidate messages generally includes the following steps, though any given step may be omitted or combined into another step in a different implementation: targeting, filtering, prediction, ranking, and selection.
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