AUTOCOMPLETE USING SOCIAL ACTIVITY SIGNALS

Patent №

US 9,852,233

Granted

2017-12-26

Filed 2013

Owner

EBAY INC.

Lab

AI components

4

ml · nlp · kr · evo

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14137348

A system and method of providing autocomplete features using social activity signals. In some embodiments, social activity signals associated with a user are received. User-entered text is received from the user in a search field for a search engine. Predicted queries are determined based on the user-entered text and the social activity signals. Each one of the predicted queries comprises predicted text and at least a portion of the user-entered text. The predicted text is absent from the user-entered text. The predicted queries are caused to be displayed in an autocomplete user interface element of the search field. In some embodiments, the social activity signals comprise at least one of a like of content, a share of content, a follow of content, and a comment on content.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Machine learning1.00
Evolutionary computation0.99
Knowledge representation0.99
Planning0.50
AI hardware0.49
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

EBAY INC.

assignment · 318330626

Assignors

SUBRAMANIAN KARTHIK, VENKATESWARAN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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