Category-Specific Click Duration Threshold Calibration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for determining resource quality using click durations are ineffective as they apply global thresholds across all categories, leading to behavioral biases and inaccurate quality scoring.
Innovation Solution
Selecting distinct short and long click duration thresholds on a per-category basis, calibrated using specific quality measure thresholds to accurately reflect user interaction patterns unique to each category.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If global click duration thresholds are applied across all categories, then the system complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision deteriorates due to behavioral biases and inaccurate quality scoring
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the single global threshold into multiple category-specific thresholds. Each category (e.g., news, entertainment, shopping) receives its own calibrated threshold based on observed user behavior patterns in that category, thereby improving measurement precision without excessive complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different threshold values to different categories based on their specific characteristics. Each category's threshold is locally optimized to reflect the unique user interaction patterns of that category, rather than applying a uniform global standard
2Measurement precision
If category-specific click duration thresholds are implemented, then measurement precision is improved by reducing behavioral biases, but device complexity increases due to multiple calibration thresholds
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically calibrates thresholds for each category based on observed user behavior data. Rather than requiring manual configuration of multiple thresholds, the system self-adjusts the thresholds based on actual click duration patterns in each category, reducing the burden of threshold management
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary calibration of thresholds for each category before actual quality scoring begins. By pre-establishing category-specific thresholds based on historical data, the system avoids the need for complex real-time adjustments during operation
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining short click measures and long click measures on a per-category basis. In one aspect, a method includes determining, for each of a set of categories, a respective first threshold click duration that is a long click duration that defines a period of time for which click durations resulting from selections of resources that belong to the category and that meet the first threshold click duration are classified as long clicks, and a respective second threshold click duration is a short click duration that defines a period of time for which click durations resulting from selections of resources that belong to the category and that do not meet the second threshold click duration are classified as short clicks.