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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Ken Sun, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sanjay Pundlkrao Ghatare, San Jose, CA (US);
Olivier G. Dumon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Julie Netzloff, San Jose, CA (US);
Muhammad Faisal Rehman, San Jose, CA (US);
Ryan Mcdonald, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ken Sun, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sanjay Pundlkrao Ghatare, San Jose, CA (US);
Olivier G. Dumon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Julie Netzloff, San Jose, CA (US);
Muhammad Faisal Rehman, San Jose, CA (US);
Ryan McDonald, San Francisco, CA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for determining an order of presentation of the search results is provided. An example system comprises a search request detector, a search engine, and an intermingler. The search request detector may be configured to receive a search request, and the search engine may be configured to determine search results based on the search request. The search results may comprise a first set of items in a first format and a second set of items in a second format. The number of items in the first set and the number of items in the second may reflect a predetermined target ratio and respective exposure percentages for items in the first format and items in the second format. The intermingler may be configured to determine an order of presentation of the search results in a list of search results based on the target ratio.