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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016

Filed:

May. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Jay Pujara, Berwyn Heights, MD (US);

Vishwanath Tumkur Ramarao, Sunnvyvale, CA (US);

Xiaopeng Xi, Fremont, CA (US);

Martin Zinkevich, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Anirban Dasgupta, Albany, CA (US);

Belle Tseng, Cupertino, CA (US);

Wei Chu, San Jose, CA (US);

Jyh-shin Gareth Shue, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jay Pujara, Berwyn Heights, MD (US);

Vishwanath Tumkur Ramarao, Sunnvyvale, CA (US);

Xiaopeng Xi, Fremont, CA (US);

Martin Zinkevich, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Anirban Dasgupta, Albany, CA (US);

Belle Tseng, Cupertino, CA (US);

Wei Chu, San Jose, CA (US);

Jyh-Shin Gareth Shue, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04H 20/28 (2008.01); H04H 60/82 (2008.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04H 20/28 (2013.01); H04H 60/82 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are directed towards generating a unified user account trustworthiness system through user account trustworthiness scores. A trusted group of user accounts may be identified for a given action by grouping a plurality of user accounts into tiers based on a trustworthiness score of each user account for the given action. The tiers and/or trustworthiness scores may be employed to classify an item, such as a message as spam or non-spam, based on input from the user accounts. The trustworthiness scores may also be employed to determine if a user account is a robot account or a human account. The trusted group for a given action may dynamically evolve over time by regrouping the user accounts based on modified trustworthiness scores. A trustworthiness score of an individual user account may be modified based on input received from the individual user account and input from other user accounts.


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