Systems and methods for determining long term relevance with query chains
US11256703B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0625
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide improved techniques for determining long term relevance and user behavior using query chains. The query chains may first be detected and then annotated into different types of chains based at least in part on various decision rules, machine-learned classifiers, and inter-query relationships. The query chains may then be subsequently used to train models for predicting user behavior and providing more relevant results to a user's queries. A content provider system according to various embodiments may aggregate historical data associated with previous search and/or transaction data, which may be analyzed to detect query chains, for example, whether queries are chained to each other. Determining whether queries are chained to each other may involve incorporating decision rules and reformulation models, analyzing temporal windows between queries, and/or analyzing inter-query relationships.
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