Patent ID: 8959644
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A popularity determination module (PDM) for generating popularity information, comprising: an input module configured to receive a secret information item selected by one of a plurality of users; a lookup module configured to map the secret information item to at least one location in at least one table, said at least one location providing at least one count value to indicate how many times the secret information item has been selected by the plurality of users; an output module configured to output popularity information using at least one probabilistic model to determine whether the secret information item is popular among the plurality of users, wherein the output module determines whether a false positive rate threshold has been exceeded and uses a combination of two or more models to determine the popularity information when it is determined that the false positive rate threshold has been exceeded; and a count update module configured to update said at least one count value at said at least one location to reflect receipt of the secret information item.