Patent ID: 8700447
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: storing in a database a plurality of listings; transmitting, via a communication network, a set of listings to user devices in response to a plurality of search requests; monitoring, via a computing device, a plurality of types of user interactions with the set of listings to gather listing interaction information; evaluating, via the computing device, the listing interaction information to determine statistical information for each listing of the set of listings, the statistical information comprising a selection percentile indicative of selections relative to other listings of the set of listings; computing, via the computing device and for each listing of the set of listings, a point score representing popularity that is a function of at least: responsive to a subsequent search request received, via the communication network, selecting, via the computing device, a subset of the set of listings based at least in part on the subsequent search request and a ranking of respective point scores representing popularity, and providing the subset of the set the listings, along with a response to the subsequent search request.