Patent ID: 8352466
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by at least one processing device, comprising: collecting, by the processing device, prediction information using a received query, the prediction information comprises geo-spatial information including a location name identified in the received query and a newsworthiness click probability value for the location name, the newsworthiness click probability value is obtained from a probability table that specifies, for each place name, a probability that a query comprising the place name will result in a click on a news item; calculating, by the processing device, a prediction measure using the collected prediction information prior to executing the received query for generating a search result set, the prediction measure being a measure of the likelihood that a user will select a news item type of information returned in response to the query; transmitting, by the processing device, the prediction measure for generating content of the search result set.