Ranking user comments on media using reinforcement learning optimizing for session dwell time
US12340311B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 10, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N7/026
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided, including: storing comments generated in response to a content item served over a network; analyzing the comments to determine features associated with each of the comments; using a scoring model to score each comment based on the comment's corresponding features; receiving a request to serve a subset of the comments; responsive to the request, selecting a ranking of the comments that is one permutation from possible rankings of the comments, wherein selecting the ranking is in accordance with a probability distribution of the possible rankings that is based on the scores of the comments; serving comments identified by the selected ranking over the network to a client device; determining a dwell time on the served comments; applying the dwell time to update the scoring model.
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