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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey William Pasternack, Belmont, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for managing counters with automatic obsolescence of outdated values. One method includes operations for initializing a counter at a first time, and receiving, at a second time, a request to add a value to the counter. Further, a time period corresponding to the second time is calculated, as well as a promotion factor based on the time period. The method further includes calculating an incremental value based on the received value and the promotion factor, and adding the incremental value to the counter. Additionally, a prediction or estimate is based on a current value of the counter, such as identifying areas of interest for a user on an online service, identifying languages spoken by the user, strength of connections between users, determining if the user is actively searching for a new job, and so forth.