Roblox Corporation
Leveraging historical data to improve the relevancy of search results

Abstract:

A system and method that identifies a search term used in search queries of a collaboration platform is disclosed. The system and method obtain historical data associated with the search term. The historical data includes first data indicative of a number of times a content item has been returned in search results responsive to the search queries using the search term. The historical data includes second data indicative of a number of times the content item was selected from the search results and interacted with by users for a threshold amount of time. The system and method generate a score for the search term based on the historical data, wherein the score is associated with the search term and the content item.