US Patent:
20100235351, Sep 16, 2010
Inventors:
Ken Iwasa - Rockville MD, US
Seth Michael Murray - Redwood City CA, US
Goldee Udani - Gujart, IN
Assignee:
COMCAST INTERACTIVE MEDIA, LLC - Philadelphia PA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
G06F 7/08
Abstract:
Content items and other entities may be ranked or organized according to a relevance to a user. Relevance may take into consideration recency, proximity, popularity, air time (e.g., of television shows) and the like. In one example, the popularity and age of a movie may be used to determine a relevance ranking. Popularity (i.e., entity rank) may be determined based on a variety of factors. In the movie example, popularity may be based on gross earnings, awards, nominations, votes and the like. According to one or more embodiments, entities may initially be categorized into relevance groupings based on popularity and/or other factors. Once categorized, the entities may be sorted within each grouping and later combined into a single ranked list.