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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Michael Noth, Bothell, WA (US);
Chee Heng Chew, Redmond, WA (US);
Rahul Roy-chowdhury, Redwood City, CA (US);
Erik Kay, Belmont, CA (US);
Qian Huang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Qinming Fang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael Noth, Bothell, WA (US);
Chee Heng Chew, Redmond, WA (US);
Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, Redwood City, CA (US);
Erik Kay, Belmont, CA (US);
Qian Huang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Qinming Fang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one general aspect, a method of presenting to a user a subset of applications that may be executed by a computing device is described. The subset of applications may be selected from a plurality of applications available an online marketplace for such applications. The method may include ranking the applications based on signals relevant to the relative desirability to the user of different applications, wherein at least one of the signals is based on information that is generated outside of the marketplace. The method may further include selecting the subset of applications based on their respective rankings. The method may also include presenting the selected subset to the user.