Patents by Inventor Christopher Francis Pouliot

Christopher Francis Pouliot has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Identifying similar items based on interaction history
    Patent number: 10311386
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention sets forth a mechanism for identifying similar items within a plurality of items available to a group of users. The mechanism includes identifying a first count that indicates a number of times any user has interacted with a first item included in the plurality of items and subsequently with any other item, identifying a second count that indicates a number of times any user within the has interacted with a second item included in the plurality of items after interacting with the first item, computing a probability that indicates the likelihood of a particular user interacting with the second item after interacting with the first item based on the first count and the second count, and computing a similarity score that indicates the similarity between the first item and the second item based on the probability and a popularity score associated with the second item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Carlos Alberto Gomez Uribe, Eric Lucas, Satish Kumar Krishnamurthy, Christopher Francis Pouliot
  • Identifying Similar Items Based on Interaction History
    Publication number: 20130013372
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention sets forth a mechanism for identifying similar items within a plurality of items available to a group of users. The mechanism includes identifying a first count that indicates a number of times any user has interacted with a first item included in the plurality of items and subsequently with any other item, identifying a second count that indicates a number of times any user within the has interacted with a second item included in the plurality of items after interacting with the first item, computing a probability that indicates the likelihood of a particular user interacting with the second item after interacting with the first item based on the first count and the second count, and computing a similarity score that indicates the similarity between the first item and the second item based on the probability and a popularity score associated with the second item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Carlos Alberto GOMEZ URIBE, Eric Lucas, Satish Kumar Krishnamurthy, Christopher Francis Pouliot