Patent ID: 9245034
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. Method for recommending content items, comprising: (i) receiving one of at least a first input and a second input from a user in relation to presented content; (ii) in response to a first input, rendering the presented content, or in response to a second input, increasing a count value indicative of a number of second inputs received prior to receipt of a first input and selecting fresh content for presentation; and, (iii) repeating (i) and (ii) until a first input is received, wherein content has a probability associated therewith, and content is selected in dependence on the associated probability of that content, the first and second inputs being received and the selection of the content being performed locally; and, wherein the probability associated with a given content is increased each time a first input is received from the user for that content, a magnitude of the increase being dependent on the count value for said content; and computing a measure of system performance based on the count value upon receipt of a first input.