Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130031075 | ACTION-BASED DEEPLINKS FOR SEARCH RESULTS - Action-based deeplinks are provided with search results to allow users to access and perform actions that are common to web pages within a given category. To identify action-based deeplinks for web pages in a category, hyperlinks within the web pages are identified and clustered. Each cluster may correspond with an action that may be commonly accessed when visiting the web pages. When a web page that contains a hyperlink to such an action is returned as a search result, an action-based deeplink is provided as part of the search result to allow a user to directly access the location to perform the action. | 01-31-2013 |
20140122653 | DISPLAYING SOCIAL NETWORKING INFORMATION BASED ON IDENTIFIED ENTITY - A system and computing instructions may include a user device, a social network database, and a processor. The user device may include a user interface configured to display a web browser. The social network database may be configured to store social network information related to an entity. The processor may be configured to identify the entity based on content of a webpage displayed on the web browser of the user device, obtain social network information related to the entity from the social network database based on a social network relationship between the user and the entity, and display the social network information on the web browser of the user device. | 05-01-2014 |
20140164416 | AGGREGATING CONTENT RELATED TO A NOTABLE INDIVIDUAL - During an analysis technique, a cohort of individuals is identified based on a set of attributes. Significance metrics for the individuals in the cohort are calculated based on profiles of the individuals and behaviors of the group of individuals, which includes the cohort, when interacting with the profiles. For example, a significance metric for a given individual may include a number of views of a profile of the given individual, by a group of individuals, during a time interval and/or a number of connection requests to the profile of the given individual, by the group of individuals, during the time interval. Based on the significance metrics, the subset of the individuals may be identified. This subset may include individuals that have achieved career milestones exceeding those of the other individuals in the cohort (e.g., notable individuals). | 06-12-2014 |
20140164512 | USING ATTRIBUTES ON A SOCIAL NETWORK FOR DECISION -MAKING SUPPORT - A first member of a social network service provides a set of desired attributes and a designation of the type of a candidate having the desired attributes that is desired as a recommendation. The attributes of the profiles of other members of the social networks are searched for entities having the set of desired attributes. At least one of the entities having the desired attributes that result from the search is presented to the first member as the recommendation of a candidate. The first member may provide a second set of desired attributes and a designation of the type of at least one second candidate having the second set of desired attributes. The attributes of the profiles of the other members of the social network may be searched for second entities having the second set of desired attributes. The first member is presented with at least one of the second entities as the recommendation of a second candidate. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164952 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT - Method, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for presenting a decision user interface to a first member of a social network service, receiving information identifying a set of interests of the first member entered at the decision user interface, searching at least one of the group consisting or profiles of members of the social network service and user decision interfaces presented to members of the social network service and, responsive to searching, providing information relating to the set of interests to the first member. The set of interests may include a field of study or an organization or an academic degree. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172733 | SCHOOL-FINDING TOOL - A technique for providing objective-related information is described. During this analysis technique, profiles of a group of individuals, who have achieved a desired objective of another individual (who is not in the group of individuals), are used to determine values of a set of attributes of these individuals. For example, information in the profiles may specify a social graph that include nodes corresponding to entities (such as the set of attributes) and edges corresponding to connections between the nodes (and, thus, between the entities). The relationships specified or embodied by the social graph may be used to determine the group of individuals and, thus, values of the set of attributes. Then, at least a subset of the values may be presented to the other individual. This information may be used by the other individual to increase the likelihood that they will achieve the objective. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172969 | DIGITAL METHOD OF RECRUITMENT - A technique for identifying a group of potential candidates to join an organization is described. During this analysis technique, an identifier is received from an individual. This identifier may be used to associate the individual with a pre-existing profile that includes information. For example, the identifier may include a link to the pre-existing profile. Alternatively, a profile with the information may be generated for the individual based on the identifier and an information source. Using the information, an affinity metric of the individual with the organization is calculated, such as a number of employees of the organization who know the individual or who attended a same educational institution as the individual. Moreover, the affinity metric is used to determine whether to include the individual in the group of potential candidates to join the organization. In this way, the analysis technique may facilitate more-efficient recruiting efforts. | 06-19-2014 |
20140214960 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TARGETING QUERY MESSAGES IN A SOCIAL GRAPH - Techniques for communicating a query message to a target audience within a social graph are described. Consistent with some embodiments, content to be published as a query message is received. The content may be published on behalf of a first member of a social graph maintained by a social network system. Further, a selection of a skill attribute capable of being listed with one or more members of the social network service is also received. A second member of the social graph is identified based on the second member listing the selected skill attribute. Responsive to identifying the second member, the content from the query message is then published in a personalized content stream accessible to the second member. | 07-31-2014 |