Method, Content Ranking System, and Computer Program Product for Ranking Content Based on Subscriber Information

摘要

A system, method, and computer program product are presented for ranking content items. The system receives from a telecommunications network information indicating that a first subscriber has consumed a first content item through the telecommunications network, and adds an indication of the content consumption to a database. The system further receives information indicating that a second subscriber has consumed a second content item through the network, and adds an indication of the content consumption to the database. The system obtains a search result identifying a set of content items. It determines a first total number of subscribers who consumed the content item and a second total number of subscribers who consumed the content item and are determined to be similar to the requesting subscriber based on network-collected information. The system calculates a rank value for the content item using the first total number and the second total number.

主权项

1. A method for ranking content, the method being performed by a content ranking system that is connected to one or more network gateways of a network operator's telecommunications network, and comprising:
receiving from one of the one or more network gateways first information indicating that a first subscriber of the telecommunications network has consumed a first content item that was transmitted by a first content server external to the telecommunications network to the first subscriber through the telecommunications network; updating a subscriber database comprising subscriber content consumption information identifying content items consumed by subscribers of the telecommunications network, wherein updating the subscriber database comprises adding to the subscriber content consumption information first subscriber information indicating that the first subscriber has consumed the first content item; receiving second information indicating that a second subscriber of the telecommunications network has consumed a second content item that was transmitted by a second content server to the second subscriber, wherein the first content server is operated by a content hosting service that is different than a content hosting service that operates the second content server; adding to the subscriber content consumption information second subscriber information indicating that the second subscriber has consumed the second content item; obtaining a search result identifying a set of content items that satisfy a query input by a requesting subscriber of the telecommunications network; for a content item included in the set of content items, using the subscriber content consumption information from the subscriber database to determine i) a first total number of subscribers of the telecommunications network who have consumed the content item and ii) a second total number of subscribers of the telecommunications network who a) consumed the content item and b) are determined to be similar to the requesting subscriber based on information collected by the telecommunications network; and calculating a rank value to assign to the content item using the first total number of subscribers and the second total number of subscribers.