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US 11,250,075 · App. 15/900,187 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Searching social media content

Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid (Los Angeles, CA); Wisam Dakka (San Francisco, CA); Donald Giovannini (Venice, CA); Andre Madeira (Saratoga, CA); Andrei Damian (San Francisco, CA); Seyed Reza Mir Ghaderi (San Francisco, CA); Yaming Lin (Palo Alto, CA); Ranveer Kunal (San Francisco, CA); Congxing Cai (Mountain View, CA); Robson Araujo (Mountain View, CA); Guilherme Fernandes (Mountain View, CA); Jungho Ahn (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: Snap Inc.
G06F16/951G06F16/14G06Q50/01
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Patent No.
US 11,250,075
App. No.
15/900,187
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

Various embodiments provide for systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that improve media content search functionality and curation of media content. For instance, various embodiments described in this document provide features that can present media content items in the form of dynamic collection of media content items upon a user typing into a search bar. In another instance, various embodiments described herein improve media content search functionality by ranking user facing search features using input signals.

Claims (54)

1. A method comprising:

generating, by one or more processors, a set of annotations for a particular media content item, in a plurality of media content items, based on metadata of the particular media content item;

associating, by the one or more processors, the particular media content item with a cluster based on the set of annotations generated for the particular media content item, the cluster grouping together certain media content items within the plurality of media content items based on a cohesiveness of geographic location and time;

generating, by the one or more processors, a collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items based on the cluster, the collection comprising two or more media content items from the plurality of media content items that are associated with the cluster, the collection being separate from the cluster;

determining, by the one or more processors, a set of attributes for the collection of media content items based on at least one annotation of a media content item included in the collection of media content items;

storing, on a new index of a search service index and by the one or more processors, the collection of media content items in association with the set of attributes, the storing comprising swapping a current index of the search service index with the new index such that a previous version of the collection stored on the current index is replaced by the collection stored on the new index;

searching, on the new index of the search service index and by the one or more processors, a plurality of collections of media content items based on a search request from a client device to identify a set of collections of interest, the plurality of collections of media content items including the stored collection of media content items; and

providing, by the one or more processors, search response to the client device based on the searching, the search response identifying the stored collection of media content items as part of the set of collections of interest.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items comprises determining the plurality of collections of media content items, the method further comprising:

reconciling, by the one or more processors, the plurality of collections by merging at least two collections of media content items, in the plurality of collections, based on a similarity between at least one attribute of each of the at least two collections of media content items.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items comprises determining the plurality of collections of media content items, the method further comprising:

reconciling, by the one or more processors, the plurality of collections by removing a particular collection of media content items, from the plurality of collections, based on a similarity between at least one attribute of the particular collection of media content items and another collection of media content items in the plurality of collections.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items comprises determining the plurality of collections of media content items, the method further comprising:

filtering, by the one or more processors, the plurality of collections of media content items to produce a filtered plurality of collections of media content items that includes media content items having at least a minimum set of attributes.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items comprises:

selecting a highlight media content item, from the collection of media content items, to represent the collection of media content items based on a set of scores associated with the highlight media content item.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

prior to searching the plurality of collections of media content items, indexing, by the one or more processors, the plurality of collections of media content items.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of attributes include at least one of a caption associated with the collection of media content items, a place name associated with the collection of media content items, and a category associated with the collection of media content items.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one annotation relates to a particular time, a particular geographic location, a place, a topic, a visual feature, a caption, an event, a media quality of the particular media content item, or a user statistic relating to the particular media content item.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cluster groups together the certain media content items further based on a relationship between at least one annotation of each of the certain media content items, the relationship relating to at least one of geographical proximity, time proximity, similarity of caption terms, similarity of a place, similarity of a visual feature, similarity of an event, similarity of a metric, or similarity of a user statistic.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the set of annotations for the particular media content item based on metadata of the particular media content item comprises:

identifying a place annotation for the particular media content item based on geographic coordinates provided by the metadata.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more machine-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

generating a set of annotations for a particular media content item, in a plurality of media content items, based on metadata of the particular media content item;

associating the particular media content item with a cluster based on the set of annotations generated for the particular media content item, the cluster grouping together certain media content items within the plurality of media content items based on a cohesiveness of geographic location and time;

generating a collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items based on the cluster, the collection comprising two or more media content items from the plurality of media content items that are associated with the cluster, the collection being separate from the cluster;

determining a set of attributes for the collection of media content items based on at least one annotation of a media content item included in the collection of media content items;

storing, on a new index of a search service index, the collection of media content items in association with the set of attributes, the storing comprising swapping a current index of the search service index with the new index such that a previous version of the collection stored on the current index is replaced by the collection stored on the new index;

searching, on the new index of the search service index, a plurality of collections of media content items based on a search request from a client device to identify a set of collections of interest, the plurality of collections of media content items including the stored collection of media content items; and

providing search response to the client device based on the searching, the search response identifying the stored collection of media content items as part of the set of collections of interest.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the determining the collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items comprises determining the plurality of collections of media content items, the operations further comprising:

reconciling the plurality of collections by merging at least two collections of media content items, in the plurality of collections, based on a similarity between at least one attribute of each of the at least two collections of media content items.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the determining the collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items comprises determining the plurality of collections of media content items, the operations further comprising:

reconciling the plurality of collections by removing a particular collection of media content items, from the plurality of collections, based on a similarity between at least one attribute of the particular collection of media content items and another collection of media content items in the plurality of collections.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the determining the collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items comprises determining the plurality of collections of media content items, the operations further comprising:

filtering the plurality of collections of media content items to produce a filtered plurality of collections of media content items that includes media content items having at least a minimum set of attributes.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the determining the collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items comprises:

selecting a highlight media content item, from the collection of media content items, to represent the collection of media content items based on a set of scores associated with the highlight media content item.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the set of attributes include at least one of a caption associated with the collection of media content items, a place name associated with the collection of media content items, and a category associated with the collection of media content items.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one annotation relates to a particular time, a particular geographic location, a place, a topic, a visual feature, a caption, an event, a media quality of the particular media content item, or a user statistic relating to the particular media content item.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the cluster groups together the certain media content items further based on a relationship between at least one annotation of each of the certain media content items, the relationship relating to at least one of geographical proximity, time proximity, similarity of caption terms, similarity of a place, similarity of a visual feature, similarity of an event, similarity of a metric, or similarity of a user statistic.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the generating the set of annotations for the particular media content item based on metadata of the particular media content item comprises:

identifying a place annotation for the particular media content item based on geographic coordinates provided by the metadata.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

generating a set of annotations for a particular media content item, in a plurality of media content items, based on metadata of the particular media content item;

associating the particular media content item with a cluster based on the set of annotations generated for the particular media content item, the cluster grouping together certain media content items within the plurality of media content items based on a cohesiveness of geographic location and time;

generating a collection of media content items from the plurality of media content items based on the cluster, the collection comprising two or more media content items from the plurality of media content items that are associated with the cluster, the collection being separate from the cluster;

determining a set of attributes for the collection of media content items based on at least one annotation of a media content item included in the collection of media content items;

storing, on a new index of a search service index, the collection of media content items in association with the set of attributes, the storing comprising swapping a current index of the search service index with the new index such that a previous version of the collection stored on the current index is replaced by the collection stored on the new index;

searching, on the new index of the search service index, a plurality of collections of media content items based on a search request from a client device to identify a set of collections of interest, the plurality of collections of media content items including the stored collection of media content items; and

providing search response to the client device based on the searching, the search response identifying the stored collection of media content items as part of the set of collections of interest.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2021
From: AL MAJID, NEWAR HUSAM; DAKKA, WISAM; GIOVANNINI, DONALD; MADEIRA, ANDRE; DAMIAN, ANDREI; MIR GHADERI, SEYED REZA; LIN, YAMING; KUNAL, RANVEER; CAI, CONGXING; ARAUJO, ROBSON; FERNANDES, GUILHERME; AHN, JUNGHO
To: SNAP INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62460549 · Feb 17, 2017
Provisional Application 62460583 · Feb 17, 2017
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