Patent ID: 9286575
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F,G06N,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, by a computer, a plurality of demographic groups of users of a social networking system, the determining comprising, for each demographic group of users, selecting as plurality of users based on demographic characteristics of the users; for each demographic group of users, generating a model configured to rank news feed stories for presentation to users from the demographic group, the model configured to receive as input, one or more user attributes describing a viewing user and ranking newsfeed stories for the viewing user based on the one or more user attributes, the generating of the model comprising: identifying stories for presentation to a user belonging to a demographic group; providing one or more attributes describing the user as input to the model; and ranking the stories identified for presentation to the user using the model and sending the stories for presentation to the user based on the ranking.