Patent ID: 8868568
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of determining whether to promote a first content item, with consideration of orchestrated activity regarding the first content item, the method comprising: receiving, regarding the first content item, a plurality of new preference events from a plurality of users; identifying a first group of cohorts that previously orchestrated preference events; identifying a subset of the plurality of users as members of the first group of cohorts, wherein the cohorts are users that initiated the same preference events for multiple content items other than the first content item; determining whether the subset of the plurality of users is of at least a threshold size; and if the subset of the plurality of users is of at least the threshold size, determining whether to promote the first content item, wherein promoting the content item comprises increasing a prominence of the first content item in an interface through which content items are presented to users.