Interest prediction for unresolved users in an online system
US10832167B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/01
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an online system that infers interests of unresolved users for whom the interests are not known. The online system determines certain features about the unresolved users, but does not have certain information about the users themselves (e.g., their interests), so instead infers these attributes based on the features of the user. The online system provides the features as input to a classifier trained to predict a particular interest, and the classifier outputs a prediction of whether the user has the corresponding interest. In one embodiment, the online system trains a classifier for various interest values by forming training sets for the interests using the features for users who are logged into the online system and hence have known interests.
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