Patent ID: 11860842
Assignee: EBAY INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
calculating, for a product, a search traffic value based at least in part on a set of item level factors, the search traffic value indicating a probability that the product is returned in response to user search;
identifying, from a database, an item listing for the product;
assigning, based at least in part on the search traffic value, an index status to the item listing for the product indicating to return the item listing in response to user search;
receiving a search query corresponding to the product; and
returning the item listing for the product based at least in part on the search query and the index status assigned to the item listing.