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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Sriram Sankar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kihyuk Hong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sriram Sankar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kihyuk Hong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/22 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges, receiving a set of scored results from a user that include results generated by a search algorithm in response to a query from the user and a score for each result, where each result corresponds to a node of the social graph, calculating a gain for each result based on the score of the result, and modifying the search algorithm based on the calculated gain.