Abstract: A method for adjusting pricing for advertisements of non-guaranteed delivery (“NDG”) advertising auctions includes retrieving dwell time information for users that engage advertisements streamed to the users in a display content stream. The method aggregates the advertisements into different groups according to display context (such as advertisement category, viewing device, product in which the advertisement is streamed, etc.) and computes short-click ratios of advertisements in each group based on a short-click threshold assigned to the group and the user dwell time information for the group. The method further determines average dwell time by users on advertisements in respective groups. The method adjusts pricing of the advertisements of a group for NGD bidding based on the short-click ratio and average dwell time of the group, to favor groups having higher dwell times and lower short-click ratios. Prices may be dynamically adjusted across different contexts based on user engagement information.

Abstract: A system can include a processor configured to: receive user session data from a network, identify user session data associated with a creative, and determine user interaction information associated with the creative. The processor may also be configured to determine one or more of a mean, a variance, and a median of a distribution of the user interaction information associated with the creative. Also, the processor can be configured to determine expected user engagement associated with the creative according to one or more of the user interaction information, the mean, the variance and the median. The processor can also be configured to: determine a probability that the expected user engagement will be higher than actual user engagement according to the expected user engagement and determine an expected price associated with the creative according to the probability that the expected user engagement will be higher than actual user engagement.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for selecting news articles for presentation to a user. One method includes an operation for measuring dwelltimes for a first set of news items, where the dwelltime for a news item is based on the amount of time that the news item is displayed to a viewer. Further, the method includes an operation for training a classifier of news items based on the measured dwelltimes and based on features associated with the first set of news items. Additionally, the method includes an operation for ranking with the classifier a second set of news items for presentation to the user, the ranking also using the profile of the user for delivery of customized news to the user. The ranked second set of news item is then presented to the user.

Abstract: A method and system for designing a manufacturing facility for solid state thin film battery devices. The method can include providing a plurality of processing tools for arrangement within a predetermined spatial region of one or more manufacturing facilities. A plurality of variables can be assigned for the plurality of processing tools. A target financial variable can be defined to evaluate different manufacturing processing tool configurations. The plurality of variables in the tensor relationship can be processed to reduce a magnitude of the target variable. An optimized set of the plurality of processing tools and respective configuration with the plurality of tools associated with the reduced magnitude of the target variable can be determined through processing. The optimized set of the plurality of processing tools in the respective configuration can be used in the one or more manufacturing facilities for the manufacture of a solid state thin film battery device.

Abstract: A server system of an online information system displays advertising items and content items retrieved from storage devices as a stream viewable by a user on a user device. The advertisement items and the content items are ordered in the stream by a ranking score computed for each of the advertisement items and each of the content items. A quality scoring system determines an affinity score between a user and a present content item based on features of the present content item matching user profile parameters associated with the user and identifies post-interaction satisfaction with a prior content item. The quality scoring system determines a quality score based on the affinity score and the post-interaction satisfaction. The quality score is used for ordering items in the stream. The server system transmits a web page including the stream to a user device over a network.

Abstract: A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present teachings disclose method, system, and programs for a multi-phase ranking system for implementation with a personalized content system. The disclosed method, system, and programs utilize a weighted AND system to compute a dot product of the user profile and a content profile in a first phase, a content quality indicator in the second phase and a rules filter in a third phase.

Abstract: A method for page personalization is provided, including the following method operations: identifying a user operating a client; receiving a request for page data from the client; determining a user profile associated with the user; for each of a plurality of articles, predicting a display time of the article when presented to the user, based on the user profile and features of the article; determining selected articles from the plurality of articles based on the predicted display times; assembling the page data, the page data defining a page when rendered by the client, the rendered page defining references to the selected articles; sending the page data to the client; wherein the method is executed by a processor

Abstract: Method, system, and programs for measuring user engagement. In one example, a model generated based on user activities with respect to a plurality pieces of content is obtained. One or more actual occurrences of the user activities with respect to one piece of the plurality pieces of content are identified. One or more future occurrences of the user activities with respect to the piece of content are estimated based on the model. A user engagement score with respect to the piece of content is calculated based on the one or more actual occurrences of the user activities and the one or more future occurrences of the user activities.

Abstract: A method and system for exploring a list of user interests beyond the currently known user interests by defining a distance metrics in the interest space is disclosed. The new method and system target for exploration, items of interests which are close in proximity to the current set of user interests, thereby greatly improving the chance that one of the exploration items will be liked by the user.

Abstract: A method for determining a display time of a page is provided, including the following method operations: receiving a request for page data from a client; in response to the request, sending the page data to the client, the page data defining a page when rendered by the client, the rendered page including a page event module configured to detect and log events in a beacon for transmission, the events being selected from a group comprising a page unhide event, a page hide event, and a page unload event; receiving the beacon from the client; reading events logged in the beacon; and determining a display time of the page based on the events logged in the beacon.

Abstract: Method, system, and programs for measuring user engagement. In one example, a type of user activities with respect to a plurality pieces of content in a content stream is detected. A first depth measure with respect to the content stream is obtained based on the detected type of user activities. A function is generated based on the first depth measure and a second depth measure with respect to the content stream. A user engagement score is calculated for each of the plurality pieces of content in the content stream based on the function.

Abstract: Method, system, and programs for identifying a target metric. In one example, at least one first type of metric computed based on a first period associated with a first length of time is measured for each of a plurality of users. At least one second type of metric computed based on a second period associated with a second length of time is measured for each of the plurality of users. The second length of time is larger than the first length of time. Correlations between each of the at least one first type of metric and each of the at least one second type of metrics are computed with respect to the plurality of users. A target metric is identified from the at least one first type of metric based on the correlations. The target metric is correlated with the at least one second type of metric.

Abstract: Various users' navigational behaviors relative to search results presented by a search engine are monitored. URLs that are visited and revised queries that are submitted after the submission of an original query are placed within a trail that begins with the original query. These trails are grouped based on the original queries with which they begin. For each trail group, a set of URLs that frequently occur in that group's trails, and a set of revised queries that frequently occur in that group's trails, are determined. These frequently occurring elements are mapped to the original queries with which all the trails in the corresponding trail group begin. In response to subsequent submissions of the same original query, the search engine ensures that URLs and revised queries that are mapped to the original query are prominently displayed on the search results pages that are initially returned in response to those submissions.

Abstract: A slat for fixed-wing aircraft that includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a chord, and an inboard edge that includes particular dimensions to affect airflow over the wing.

Abstract: A server system of an online information system displays advertising items and content items retrieved from storage devices as a stream viewable by a user on a user device. The advertisement items and the content items are ordered in the stream by a ranking score computed for each of the advertisement items and each of the content items. The server system transmits a web page including the stream to a user device over a network. In this manner, advertising items and content items compete in a unified marketplace for inclusion in the stream for viewing by the end user.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for using network traffic logs for search enhancement is disclosed. According to one embodiment, network usage is tracked by generating log files. These log files among other things indicate the frequency web pages are referenced and modified. These log files or information from these log files can then be used to improve document ranking, improve web crawling, determine tiers in a multi-tiered index, determine where to insert a document in a multi-tiered index, determine link weights, and update a search engine index.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for using network traffic logs for search enhancement is disclosed. According to one embodiment, network usage is tracked by generating log files. These log files among other things indicate the frequency web pages are referenced and modified. These log files or information from these log files can then be used to improve document ranking, improve web crawling, determine tiers in a multi-tiered index, determine where to insert a document in a multi-tiered index, determine link weights, and update a search engine index.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for using network traffic logs for search enhancement is disclosed. According to one embodiment, network usage is tracked by generating log files. These log files among other things indicate the frequency web pages are referenced and modified. These log files or information from these log files can then be used to improve document ranking, improve web crawling, determine tiers in a multi-tiered index, determine where to insert a document in a multi-tiered index, determine link weights, and update a search engine index.

Abstract: A monolithically integrated thin-film solid-state lithium battery device to supply energy to a mobile communication device. The device includes a plurality of layers ranging from greater than 100 layers to less than 20,000 layers of lithium electrochemical cells, which may be connected in parallel or in series to conform to a spatial volume. The device also includes a polymer based coating characterized by a thickness to house the plurality of layers and configured as an exterior region for the battery device, the polymer based coating having a resistivity of 1012 ?.cm and higher. The device further includes a hermetic seal provided by the polymer-based coating to enclose and house the plurality of layers.