US 12,236,468 B2
Method and apparatus for guiding content selection within an information distribution system based on modelling user behavior
Philip Joseph Renaud, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to AUDIENSE GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED., London (GB)
Filed by Audiense Global Holdings Limited, London (GB)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,012.
Application 17/718,012 is a continuation of application No. 16/304,838, granted, now 11,301,915, previously published as PCT/CA2017/000144, filed on Jun. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/349,268, filed on Jun. 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0245711 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9536 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 18/2413 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9536 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 18/24137 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, implemented at a computing system, of guiding content selection within an information distribution system, the method comprising:
acquiring pairwise similarity levels of a plurality of articles;
continually detecting access by individual users, of a plurality of users, to respective articles through the information distribution system, and for each individual user:
determining a complementing article to succeed a respective article based on:
said pairwise similarity levels; and
a gravitation measure of article-access transitions for each directed article pair emanating from said respective article, said gravitation measure being a count of article-access transitions effected by said plurality of users;
communicating an identifier of said complementing article to said each individual user;
detecting a specific directed article-access transition from said respective article to a subsequent article;
increasing a corresponding gravitation measure;
and
adjusting said gravitation measure for said each directed article pair based on
a count of transitions from said respective article; and
a global cyclic age of said gravitation measure.