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Magnus Mortensen

Dag Steinnes Eidesen

Adrian Fanaru

Darrin N Hatakeda

Vegar Skjaerven Wang

John D Fan

Krister Mikalsen

Michael James Taylor

Fredrik Holm

Vidar V Vikjord

Torbjorn Helvik

Rune Devik

Erlend Jensen

Bjornstein Lilleby

Stein Arild Jakobsen

Hakon Brugard

Roger Hansen

An analysis application utilizes interactivity signals to generate relationships and promote content. One or more interactivity applications, such as a social networking application, are queried to retrieve interactivity signals. Interactivity signals include an interaction pattern that indicates a relationship between a user and relations of the user. A relationship graph is constructed based on the interactivity signals. Content associated with a user is promoted based on the relationship graph. A weight of the interactivity signals is adjusted to improve a ranking of the relationship graph and a ranking of the content.

Utilizing interactivity signals to generate relationships and promote content

Search results returned by ad hoc queries integrate search results with usage analytics calculated from collected usage information for a system, such as a content management system. In response to receiving a query, the query is submitted to the system to obtain search results. Information from the usage analytics is integrated with the obtained search results. A search index of the system may include all/portion of the usage analytics such that the obtained results from the system may already be integrated with the usage analytics. The system is configurable such that users of the system may configure the usage events that are used to collect the usage information. The users may also configure parameters relating to the usage events and when/how the collected information is stored. The usage analytics may also be used to filter, collapse and boost different items in the search results.

Ad-hoc queries integrating usage analytics with search results

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Magnus Mortensen