Patent ID: 9633312
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06N

Claim:
1. A method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving queries from a user device, each received query being assigned to one or more topic-based categories and at least one of the received queries being assigned to multiple different topic-based categories; identifying a set of topic-based categories for the user device, the set of topic-based categories comprising each topic-based category to which at least one of the received queries is assigned; generating, using a plurality of prediction models, a category prediction of a next query to be received from the user device and that has not yet been received from the user device, the category prediction specifying at least one topic-based category to which the next query is predicted to belong, wherein: providing, to the user device, data that cause a content item related to the at least one topic-based category to be presented at the user device.