	US 12,189,701 B2
	Personalized search filter and notification system
Preetam Joshi, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Suju Rajan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Amit Phadke, Santa Clara, CA (US); Vishesh Joshi, Santa Clara, CA (US); Victor Laguna, San Jose, CA (US); and Christopher Chi Kai Lam, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Yahoo Assets LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Yahoo Assets LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/224,085.
Application 18/224,085 is a continuation of application No. 16/707,020, filed on Dec. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,709,901.
Application 16/707,020 is a continuation of application No. 14/501,342, filed on Sep. 30, 2014, granted, now 10,503,793, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0359680 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/33 (2019.01)

CPC G06F 16/9535 (2019.01) [G06F 16/3338 (2019.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an input associated with a user; and

expanding the input to obtain an expanded user interest, the expanding comprising:

identifying a term within the input;

identifying a content item based upon the input;

searching the content item for one or more co-occurring terms that co-occur with the term within the content item;

identifying a co-occurring term as one of the one or more co-occurring terms that co-occur with the term within the content item;

obtaining a plurality of content items based upon the input;

processing the plurality of content items obtained based upon the input to identify at least one of one or more categories or one or more topics, wherein the processing comprises determining that a threshold amount of the plurality of content items obtained based upon the input are associated with at least one of a category or a topic;

including the co-occurring term and at least one of the category or the topic in the expanded user interest; and

performing one or more operations using the expanded user interest.