Patent ID: 9477716
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of ranking elements of a first network resource for a first user, the first network resource being hosted by a first server, the method comprising, at a second server in communication with the first server via a communications network: (a) receiving an indication of the elements from the first server; (b) receiving an indication of the first user; (c) based on at least one of the indication of the elements and the indication of the first user, acquiring information about a past interaction of the first user with a second network resource, the second network resource being distinct from the first network resource; (d) based on the information about the past interaction, generating a first context information associated with the first user; (e) based on the first context information associated with the first user, determining a second user, the second user associated with a second context information that matches, at least partially, the first context information; the second context information containing a relevancy factor that is not contained within the first context information; and (f) based at least in part on the relevancy factor, determining a ranking of the elements by relevance to the first user and a most relevant one of the elements.