US 11,816,114 B1
Modifying search result ranking based on implicit user feedback
Hyung-Jin Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Simon Tong, Mountain View, CA (US); Noam M. Shazeer, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Michelangelo Diligenti, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,973.
Application 17/533,973 is a division of application No. 16/299,130, filed on Mar. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,188,544.
Application 16/299,130 is a continuation of application No. 15/793,773, filed on Oct. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,229,166, issued on Mar. 12, 2019.
Application 15/793,773 is a continuation of application No. 14/992,959, filed on Jan. 11, 2016, granted, now 9,811,566, issued on Nov. 7, 2017.
Application 14/992,959 is a continuation of application No. 14/143,622, filed on Dec. 30, 2013, granted, now 9,235,627, issued on Jan. 12, 2016.
Application 14/143,622 is a continuation of application No. 11/556,143, filed on Nov. 2, 2006, granted, now 8,661,029, issued on Feb. 25, 2014.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/338 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 16/24578 (2019.01) [G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/338 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices on which are stored instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
determining a first number representing a count of longer views of a document following selections of search results, where the search results reference the document in response to submissions of a search query to a search engine, wherein the submissions of the search query comprise submissions by speech input into client devices, and wherein longer views of a document comprise audio presentations, on client devices, longer than a first threshold length of time;
determining a second number representing a count of shorter views of the document following the selections of the search results, where the search results reference the document in response to submissions of the search query, wherein shorter views of the document comprise audio presentations, on client devices, shorter than a second threshold length of time;
determining a measure of relevance for the document with respect to the search query based on a ratio between the first number and the second number; and
outputting the measure of relevance to a ranking engine for ranking of search results, including new search results referencing the document, for a new search responsive to a new submission of the search query.