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Token Factory addresses a critical bottleneck in Large Recommendation Models by efficiently integrating heterogeneous signals into transformer architectures without inflating prompt length or memory usage. By converting traditional features into "soft tokens," this framework enables direct processing within LRMs, offering a scalable solution for production-scale recommendation systems that balances computational overhead with model performance. This work advances the practical deployment of large models in industry settings where efficient feature integration is paramount.
Token Factory: Efficiently Integrating Diverse Signals into Large Recommendation Models
arXiv:2606.19635v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large Recommendation Models (LRMs) have demonstrated promising capabilities in industry-scale recommendation tasks. However, holistically integrating traditional signals into these transformer-based architectures effectively and efficiently remains a major challenge. Conventional approaches that "textualize" these signals directly or create discrete item representations often lead to excessively long prompts, substantial memory footprints, and high computational overhead. To overcome these limitations, we propose "Token Factory", a framework designed to transform traditional signals into "soft tokens" that can be directly processed by LRMs. This approach enables efficient integration and compression of heterogeneous input features, preventing prompt length explosion while enhancing model performance. We detail the architecture of Token Factory and present experimental results validating its effectiveness in a production-scale recommendation environment.
Abstract:Large Recommendation Models (LRMs) have demonstrated promising capabilities in industry-scale recommendation tasks. However, holistically integrating traditional signals into these transformer-based architectures effectively and efficiently remains a major challenge. Conventional approaches that "textualize" these signals directly or create discrete item representations often lead to excessively long prompts, substantial memory footprints, and high computational overhead. To overcome these limitations, we propose "Token Factory", a framework designed to transform traditional signals into "soft tokens" that can be directly processed by LRMs. This approach enables efficient integration and compression of heterogeneous input features, preventing prompt length explosion while enhancing model performance. We detail the architecture of Token Factory and present experimental results validating its effectiveness in a production-scale recommendation environment.
Information Retrieval (cs.IR); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
arXiv:2606.19635 [cs.IR]
(or arXiv:2606.19635v3 [cs.IR] for this version)
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