Patent ID: 8631015
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting preference events associated with a content item, the method comprising: receiving, for the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users, wherein each of multiple types of preference events was initiated with a separate control; detecting associated events within the received preference events, the associated events comprising multiple preference events of the same type; identifying a cohort of users from whom the associated events were received, wherein a group of users within the plurality of users constitutes a cohort if a first threshold percentage of users in the group of users submit the same type of preference event regarding a second threshold percentage of activities of one or more other users in the group of users; dynamically adjusting the cohort as additional associated events are received from additional users; and determining whether to promote the content item, wherein said determining includes reducing the effect of associated events received from the cohort; wherein promoting the content item comprises increasing the prominence of the content item in an interface.