US 6,983,280 B2 | ||
Automated processing of appropriateness determination of content for search listings in wide area network searches | ||
Dominic Cheung, South Pasadena, Calif. (US); Dennis Wu, Foster City, Calif. (US); Barry Laffoon, Glendale, Calif. (US); Alan Lang, Redondo Beach, Calif. (US); Scott Snell, Hollywood, Calif. (US); Jie Zhang, Saugus, Calif. (US); Pierre Wang, Beverly Hills, Calif. (US); Jennifer Wu, Los Angeles, Calif. (US); Peter Goodwine, Altadena, Calif. (US); Wai-Yin Wong, La Crescenta, Calif. (US); Carey Sublette, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (US); Stephan Cunningham, Burbank, Calif. (US); and Bruce T. Holmes, Pasadena, Calif. (US) | ||
Assigned to Overture Services Inc., Pasadena, Calif. (US) | ||
Filed on Sep. 13, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/244,051. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0054661 A1, Mar. 18, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 707—10 | 81 Claims |
1. A computer implemented method for evaluating fitness of a data item for inclusion in a network-accessible database, the
method comprising:
determining a likelihood that the data item comports with a predetermined content policy;
comparing the likelihood to a predetermined threshold; and
upon a condition in which the likelihood is below the predetermined threshold,
including the data item in the network-accessible database without human review of the data item.
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