Xiang Lin

US Patent:

20220188358, Jun 16, 2022

Filed:

Dec 10, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/118368

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Samson Hin-Leung CHOI - Sunnyvale CA, US
Fangbing QIU - San Francisco CA, US
Collin Dang YEN - Saratoga CA, US
Heyang LIU - Santa Clara CA, US
Xiang LIN - Fremont CA, US
Garrett Gabriel WELSON - Cupertino CA, US
Kangning HU - Bloomfield NJ, US
Ying XUAN - Sunnyvale CA, US
Yanbin JIANG - Sunnyvale CA, US
Diya Dutt SHARMA - San Francisco CA, US
Manas Haribhai SOMAIYA - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 16/901
G06F 16/9032
G06F 16/9038
G06F 16/904
G06F 16/908

Abstract:

Described herein are techniques for processing content items for presentation via a content feed of an online service. Upon receiving a request associated with a particular end-user of an online service for a content feed, a connection graph is analyzed to identify a plurality of content items that are eligible for presentation to the end-user. Some subset of content items that share a common relationship with the end-user, as indicated by a common edge in the connection graph, are identified. This subset of content items is then grouped together for presentation within the content feed in a content carousel, where the content carousel is positioned within the content feed, relative to other content items, based on the highest ranking content item presented via the content carousel.