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US 8,572,073 · App. 13/438,767 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Spam detection for user-generated multimedia items based on appearance in popular queries

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Patent No.
US 8,572,073
App. No.
13/438,767
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system, a method, and various software tools enable a video hosting website to automatically identify posted video items that contain spam in the metadata associated with a respective video item. A spam detection tool for user-generated video items based on appearance in popular queries is provided that facilitates the detection of spam in the metadata associated with a video item.

Claims (39)

1. A computer-implemented method of identifying spam in a collection of multimedia items, comprising:

storing the collection of multimedia items;

establishing a set of top queries for the multimedia items in the collection, wherein the set of top queries comprises a plurality of frequently made queries for the multimedia items in the collection;

identifying results of each query in the set of top queries, wherein the results comprise one or more of the multimedia items from the collection;

for a multimedia item in the collection, counting a number of times that the item appears in the results of the set of top queries; and

responsive to the number of times that the multimedia item appears in the results of the set of top queries exceeding a predetermined threshold, marking the multimedia item as spam.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia items are videos.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of frequently made queries comprises at least ten thousand frequently made queries.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

responsive to the multimedia item being marked as spam, removing the multimedia item from the collection.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

responsive to the multimedia item being marked as spam, removing the multimedia item from an index.

6. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions for:

storing a collection of multimedia items;

establishing a set of top queries for the multimedia items in the collection, wherein the set of top queries comprises a plurality of frequently made queries for the multimedia items in the collection;

identifying results of each query in the set of top queries, wherein the results comprise one or more of the multimedia items from the collection;

for a multimedia item in the collection, counting a number of times that the item appears in the results of the set of top queries; and

responsive to the number of times that the multimedia item appears in the results of the set of top queries exceeding a predetermined threshold,

marking the multimedia item as spam; and

a processor for executing the computer instructions.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the multimedia items are videos.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of frequently made queries comprises at least ten thousand frequently made queries.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the storage medium further stores computer instructions for:

responsive to the multimedia item being marked as spam, removing the multimedia item from the collection.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the storage medium further stores computer instructions for:

responsive to the multimedia item being marked as spam, removing the multimedia item from an index.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions for:

storing a collection of multimedia items;

establishing a set of top queries for the multimedia items in the collection, wherein the set of top queries comprises a plurality of frequently made queries for the multimedia items in the collection;

identifying results of each query in the set of top queries, wherein the results comprise one or more of the multimedia items from the collection;

for a multimedia item in the collection, counting a number of times that the item appears in the results of the set of top queries; and

responsive to the number of times that the multimedia item appears in the results of the set of top queries exceeding a predetermined threshold, marking the multimedia item as spam.

12. The storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the multimedia items are videos.

13. The storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of frequently made queries comprises at least ten thousand frequently made queries.

14. The storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the storage medium further stores computer instructions for:

responsive to the multimedia item being marked as spam, removing the multimedia item from the collection.

15. The storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the storage medium further stores computer instructions for:

responsive to the multimedia item being marked as spam, removing the multimedia item from an index.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 5, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044695/0115 →