Airbnb, Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING PROPERTY LISTINGS

Abstract:

An online reservation system is configured to receive requests from a guest for searching property listings and to return property listings that satisfy the search criteria of the requests. The online reservation system also tracks interactions of the guest with the returned property listings in order to determine which of the property listings are of interest to the guest, and the system may determine one or more guest preference parameters indicative of the guest's preferences based on such interactions. Thereafter, when the guest submits another search request, the system sorts the search results based on the guest preference parameters so that the property listings deemed more likely to be of interest to the guest are ranked higher (e.g., listed first), thereby helping the guest to more quickly find property listings of interest within the search results.