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20160140156 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM WITH PLUGGABLE QUERY PROCESSING - As part of a query-processing technique, in response to receiving queries for information stored in a distributed storage system and associated query-processing information identifying sets of predefined operations to perform on one or more databases in the distributed storage system, the distributed storage system accesses sets of predefined operations. Then, for the sets of predefined operations on the one or more databases, the distributed storage system uses one or more adaptors for multiple storage subsystems in the distributed storage system and one or more indexes corresponding to collections of information in the one or more databases. Moreover, the distributed storage system executes the sets of predefined operations on the multiple storage subsystems to obtain results for the queries. The sets of predefined operations may be defined by different users, so that the distributed storage system can be adapted to these users' needs. | 05-19-2016 |
20160132229 | TRACKING USER INTERACTIONS WITH A MOBILE UI TO FACILITATE UI OPTIMIZATIONS - The disclosed embodiments relate to an apparatus or system for tracking and analyzing user interactions with a mobile user interface (UI). During operation, the apparatus collects data while a user interacts with the mobile UI through a touchscreen, wherein the data includes tap-attempt data that specifies coordinates for touchscreen locations that the user has tapped while interacting with the mobile UI. Next, the apparatus compares the tap-attempt data with locations of tappable elements in the mobile UI, wherein each tappable element has an associated tap target size. For each tappable element, the apparatus uses results of the comparison to determine a percentage of tap attempts that have succeeded or failed for the associated tap target size. Finally, the apparatus makes the percentage information available to a UI designer to enable the UI designer to adjust tap target sizes for the mobile UI. | 05-12-2016 |
20160034169 | CONTENT VISUALIZATION - Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface. | 02-04-2016 |
20160018958 | CONTENT VISUALIZATION - Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface. | 01-21-2016 |
20150358372 | RECORDING AND INDICATING PREFERENCES - Recording a first user's preference for a content contribution submitted by a second user is disclosed. In response to only a single action taken by the first user interacting with a web page, an indication is received that a preference event occurred. The preference event is associated with the content contribution. Information associated with the first user's profile is updated. At least a portion of the web page is continued to be displayed to the user after receiving the preference event. | 12-10-2015 |
20150350441 | CHARITY CALL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Techniques for improved management of charity calling programs are described. According to various embodiments, a request from a caller to participate in a charity call program associated with a particular charitable organization is received. A recipient that is currently not assigned to a caller associated with the charity call program is identified, based on an electronic recipient call list. Contact information associated with the recipient is then provided to the caller. Thereafter, it is determined that the caller has successfully communicated with the specific recipient. The electronic recipient call list is then updated to indicate that the caller has successfully communicated with the specific recipient. | 12-03-2015 |
20150348133 | APPLYING CONSTRAINTS TO METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH ONLINE ADVERTISING - The disclosed embodiments provide a method and system for managing online advertising. During operation, the system obtains a constraint on a first metric associated with an online advertising auction. Next, the system uses a computer to generate a tradeoff curve of the first metric and a second metric associated with the online advertising auction and use the tradeoff curve to obtain a value for the second metric that meets the constraint on the first metric. The system then uses the value to manage the online advertising auction. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347606 | CAREER PATH NAVIGATION - In various example embodiments, a system and method for career path navigation are presented. A request to identify a set of positions sequentially related to an origin position may be received. The request may be associated with a user of a social network service. Member profiles from among a plurality of member profiles of the social network service may be identified based on the origin position. A plurality of positions may be extracted from the identified member profiles. The set of positions may be determined from among the extracted plurality of positions based on a sequential relationship between the origin position and respective positions of the extracted plurality of positions. At least a portion of the set of positions may be caused to be presented to the user. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347482 | OPTIMIZING A CONTENT INDEX FOR TARGET AUDIENCE QUERIES - Apparatus and methods are provided for indexing electronic content to be served to users' mobile and/or stationary communications and computing devices. An index is composed of multiple slices, with each slice storing multiple entries and each entry representing one content item or one campaign or collection of content items. An entry is populated with tokens representing attribute/value pairs of a target audience of the content item and/or property/value pairs of the item or the item's campaign. A query or request to identify content items for serving to a particular user is similarly formatted with tokens representing attribute/value pairs of the user and/or item/campaign. Queries can then be executed rapidly across any or all index entries in any or all slices. Within a slice, entries may be sorted by value or score, and integer components within an individual entry may be sorted to facilitate rapid comparison with a query. | 12-03-2015 |
20150339404 | INFERRING SENIORITY LEVEL OF A MEMBER OF AN ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORK - An inferred seniority system, in one example embodiment, may be configured to determine seniority levels for member profiles maintained by an on-line social network system, based on information stored in the member profiles, and also based on a hierarchical structure termed a seniority pyramid. The system may first determine seniority labels for each of the profiles in a group of member profiles based on information in respective member profiles. The system then determines, for groups of profiles that are given their respective seniority labels, percentages of profiles associated with respective seniority labels. Respective seniority levels for the groups of profiles are determined based on respective percentages of profiles associated with respective seniority labels and the percentage ranges associated with seniority levels that are stored in the seniority pyramid structure. | 11-26-2015 |
20150331945 | SUGGESTED KEYWORDS - A method and system to suggest keywords to a social network member is described. A suggested keywords system, in one example embodiment, examines phrases that appear in profiles maintained by the on-line social networking system that are similar to the target profile and identifies those words and phrases that are most prominent in these profiles, utilizing discriminative strength values. These most prominent words and phrases may be presented to the target member as suggested keywords to be included in the member's professional summary. | 11-19-2015 |
20150317574 | COMMUNAL ORGANIZATION CHART - A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for maintaining an accurate organization chart, are presented. The method may include accessing organization chart data defining a hierarchy of an organization comprising a group of users. At least one user of the group of users may be prompted to provide verification information pertaining to the accuracy of a portion of the organization chart data. Upon receiving the verification information from the at least one user, the method may include updating the organization chart data in accordance with the verification information. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317303 | TOPIC MINING USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES - The disclosed embodiments provide a method, system and apparatus for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a set of content items containing unstructured data. Next, the system obtains a set of part-of-speech (POS) tags for lexical items in the set of content items. The system then uses a computer to match the POS tags to one or more POS tagging patterns to obtain a set of candidate topics for the set of content items and extract a set of topics for the set of content items from the set of candidate topics. | 11-05-2015 |
20150310392 | JOB RECOMMENDATION ENGINE USING A BROWSING HISTORY - A system receives and stores in a database identifications and attributes of jobs viewed by a user in a job posting service, and creates a job browsing history profile for the user using the identifications and attributes. The system compares the job browsing history profile to jobs in the job posting service, generates a listing of jobs based on the comparison, and displays the listing of jobs to the user. | 10-29-2015 |
20150281137 | AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING ADDRESSEES FOR RECEIVING A CONTENT ITEM - A system, method, and apparatus are provided for distributing a content item toward target recipients solely via first degree connections (e.g., in a professional network, in a social network). For a selected content item and identified target recipients of the item, when a user initiates a message to forward or otherwise convey the content item, one or more schemes are applied to select and automatically populate the message with suitable addressees. In one scheme, values are computed for each neighbor of the sender, to indicate the value of delivering the item to that neighbor; the message is automatically addressed to the highest-value neighbors. In another scheme, user communities that encompass the target recipients are identified and the message is automatically addressed to neighbors that are best able to disseminate the item throughout a community. In another scheme a minimal set of neighbors having connections to all target recipients is identified. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281136 | AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING ADDRESSEES FOR RECEIVING A CONTENT ITEM - A system, method, and apparatus are provided for distributing a content item toward target recipients solely via first degree connections (e.g., in a professional network, in a social network). For a selected content item and identified target recipients of the item, when a user initiates a message to forward or otherwise convey the content item, one or more schemes are applied to select and automatically populate the message with suitable addressees. In one scheme, values are computed for each neighbor of the sender, to indicate the value of delivering the item to that neighbor; the message is automatically addressed to the highest-value neighbors. In another scheme, user communities that encompass the target recipients are identified and the message is automatically addressed to neighbors that are best able to disseminate the item throughout a community. In another scheme a minimal set of neighbors having connections to all target recipients is identified. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278836 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETERMINE MEMBER PROFILES FOR OFF-LINE TARGETING - A method and system to determine member profiles for off-line targeting is described. An example system comprises an access module to access a member profile in the on-line social network system, a category score module, a member segmentation module, and a communications module. The category score module may be configured to generate a definition score for the member profile based on phrases that are present in the member profile, generate a propensity score for the member profile based on behavior data of a member represented by the member profile, and combine the definition score and the propensity score to generate a subscriber score for the member profile. The member segmentation module may be configured to compare the subscriber score of the member profile to a threshold value. The communications module may be configured to selectively send a communication to the member based on a result of the comparing. | 10-01-2015 |
20150262081 | ESTIMATING REPUTATION SCORES IN REPUTATION SYSTEMS - The disclosed embodiments provide a reputation system. The reputation system includes a statistical model associated with a set of items and a set of dimensions of the items in the reputation system, wherein the statistical model is trained using a positive class and a negative class. The reputation system also includes a scoring apparatus that applies the statistical model to a set of features for each of the items to estimate a set of reputation scores for the items. Finally, the reputation system includes a ranking apparatus that enables use of the set of reputation scores in the reputation system. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261759 | QUERYING OF REPUTATION SCORES IN REPUTATION SYSTEMS - The disclosed embodiments provide a reputation system. The reputation system includes a ranking apparatus that obtains a set of reputation scores for one or more dimensions of a set of items in the reputation system and generates a ranking of the items based on the reputation scores and the one or more quantiles. The reputation system also includes a query-processing apparatus that obtains a query comprising the one or more dimensions and one or more quantiles associated with the one or more dimensions and provides the ranking in a response to the query. | 09-17-2015 |
20150244655 | DYNAMICALLY UPDATING CONTENT IN E-MAIL - Methods and systems of dynamically updating content in e-mail messages are described. In some embodiments, an e-mail message is generated. The e-mail message comprises existing content viewable within an e-mail client and is configured to initiate a modification of the existing content within the e-mail message by the e-mail client subsequent to the e-mail message being downloaded by the e-mail client. The modification of the existing content is viewable within the e-mail client. The generated e-mail message is sent to an e-mail account from which a user can view the e-mail message within the e-mail client. In some embodiments, the e-mail message is further configured to cause the e-mail client to obtain new content from a remote server for use in the modification of the existing content within the e-mail message. | 08-27-2015 |
20150242967 | GENERATING MEMBER PROFILE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON COMMUNITY OVERLAP DATA IN A SOCIAL GRAPH - Systems and methods for generating recommendations based on data derived from a social network are described. For example, a community in a social network service to which a plurality of member profiles belongs may be selected. A first prediction score for a first member profile and a second prediction score for a second member profile may be generated. Each of the first prediction scores may be based on a function of a first time period in which both a source member profile and the corresponding member profile belonged to the community. A selection is then made between the first member profile and the second member profile based on a comparison of the first prediction score and the second prediction score. A connection recommendation representing the selected member profile is then surfaced to an account of the source member profile. | 08-27-2015 |
20150227891 | AUTOMATIC JOB APPLICATION ENGINE - An online social networking service maintains a profile of a member. The service also receives requirements from an employer for an employment position. The service compares the profile of the member to the requirements for the employment position. When the profile of the member matches or exceeds the requirements for the employment position, the service transmits a message to the employer containing the profile of the member. The service receives a response from the employer regarding the member and the employment position. When the employer exhibits an interest in the member for the employment position, the service transmits a message to the member informing the member of the employer's interest. | 08-13-2015 |
20150213119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TRENDING TOPICS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A system and method may include an electronic data storage configured to store content items and an established category with which a first subset of the content items are associated. The system may further include a processor, coupled to the electronic data storage, configured to generate a new category different than the established category and related to a second subset of the content items based, at least in part, on a relationship of the content items of the second subset with respect to one another, identify a statistic related to an inclusion of at least some of the content items of at least one of the first subset and the second subset into a social network by users of the social network, and cause information related to the statistic to be displayed on a user interface. | 07-30-2015 |
20150213063 | DATA STANDARDIZATION - Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums which automatically convert an unstandardized attribute value of a member profile of a social networking service to one of a plurality of standardized values for that attribute. In some examples, the method utilizes various matching and similarity metrics in combination with social aspects available to a social networking service to determine the best standardized value that matches the unstandardized value entered by the user. | 07-30-2015 |
20150213022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TRENDING TOPICS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A system and method optionally includes an electronic data storage configured to store content items introduced to a social network by a first user and to store interactions with the content items by second user of the social network. The system further includes a processor, coupled to the electronic data storage, configured to determine an influence of the first user based, at least in part, on the interaction by the second user with at least one of the content items as introduced by the first user and a characteristic of the second user and cause an indication of the influence of the first user to be displayed on a user interface. | 07-30-2015 |
20150205776 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTO-POPULATING ELECTRONIC FORMS - An autofill system is described for auto-populating electronic forms with data stored by an on-line social networking system. When a member of an on-line social network system accesses, via a web browser, an autofill-enabled web page, the autofill system determines an identification of the member, scrapes the member's profile to obtain member's information, assembles the member's profile information as member data, and communicates the member data to the web browser together with a script for presenting an autofill button on the web page. | 07-23-2015 |
20150189026 | WEARABLE COMPUTING - AUGMENTED REALITY AND PRESENTATION OF SOCIAL INFORMATION - A method of presenting on a device of a user of a social-networking system information about other users of the social-networking system is disclosed. A location of the user of a social-networking system is determined. Locations of the additional users of the social-networking system are determined. A subset of the additional users of the social networking system is selected based on the location of the user and the locations of the additional users and based on information stored in a profile of the user in comparison to information stored in profiles of the additional users. Instructions are transmitted to a device of a user, the instructions instructing the device to display in a condensed visual form the subset of the information stored in the profiles of the additional users. | 07-02-2015 |
20150188959 | TECHNIQUES FOR POPULATING A CONTENT STREAM ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Techniques for populating a content stream of a mobile application are described. A content request for content to be presented in a personalized activity or content stream of a member of a social networking service is communicated from a mobile computing device to a content server. The content request includes a member identifier, location information indicating the current location of the member, and/or an activity status identifier indicating an inferred physical activity state of the member. Using the information received with the content request, a content selection and relevance module will process the request and provide contextually relevant content for presentation in the member's activity or content stream, at the mobile device. | 07-02-2015 |
20150161186 | ENABLING AND PERFORMING COUNT-DISTINCT QUERIES ON A LARGE SET OF DATA - A system, method, and apparatus are provided for supporting and/or executing count-distinct queries. A large set of data (e.g., tens or hundreds of millions of event records) is condensed daily to generate presence bitmaps to reflect the distinctiveness of a selected data dimension S (e.g., user ID) for one or more key dimensions g1, g2, . . . (e.g., advertisement ID, campaign ID, advertiser ID). The condensation process eliminates duplication and yields a single value (e.g., 1 or 0) for each tuple [S, g1, . . . ] to represent the distinctiveness of each value in the S dimension to each combination of values in the grouping dimensions. On a monthly basis, the daily values are condensed to yield a single value for the month, and a similar process is applied on any other desired time granularities (e.g., year). The condensed data may be generated for any combination of selected dimension(s) and grouping dimension(s). | 06-11-2015 |
20150161185 | ENABLING AND PERFORMING COUNT-DISTINCT QUERIES ON A LARGE SET OF DATA - A system, method, and apparatus are provided for supporting and/or executing count-distinct queries. A large set of data (e.g., tens or hundreds of millions of event records) is condensed daily to generate presence bitmaps to reflect the distinctiveness of a selected data dimension S (e.g., user ID) for one or more key dimensions g1, g2, . . . (e.g., advertisement ID, campaign ID, advertiser ID). The condensation process eliminates duplication and yields a single value (e.g., 1 or 0) for each tuple [S, g1, . . . ] to represent the distinctiveness of each value in the S dimension to each combination of values in the grouping dimensions. On a monthly basis, the daily values are condensed to yield a single value for the month, and a similar process is applied on any other desired time granularities (e.g., year). The condensed data may be generated for any combination of selected dimension(s) and grouping dimension(s). | 06-11-2015 |
20150143327 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL - An example project management tool, which is a computer-implemented system configured to provide a real-time view of a product change with respect to its status within a testing process, is provided. In operation, the project management tool receives a request to create a new project for a particular product change, determines the requirement definition included in the request and, based on the requirement definition, identifies all components of the associated computing application that are affected by the product change. The project management tool then uses the monitored information to generate one or more views that may provide users with information regarding the estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the product that has a certain product change incorporated into it. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142584 | RANKING CONTENT BASED ON MEMBER PROPENSITIES - A system, apparatus, method and computer-program product are provided for determining affinities between members of an on-line service and/or one member's likely propensity for content published by or on behalf of another member. Members of the service include individuals and organizations. A content item may be an announcement by or for a member, an advertisement, a job listing or something else. Content items available for service to an individual member are ranked based on the member's propensity for consuming them, as reflected in scores computed for each item. An item's propensity score may be calculated based on the relevance and/or proximity between the member and an organization featured in or associated with the item. Relevance may measure the similarity between profiles of the individual and the organization. Proximity may be affected by whether the individual and/or associates of the individual follow the organization, visit a page of the organization, etc. | 05-21-2015 |
20150134575 | USING DATA OBTAINED FROM AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK TO OPTIMIZE SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that uses data from an online social network to optimize subscription offers. During operation of the online social network, the system gathers data associated with subscription offers that were presented to members of the online social network, including information about which subscription offers were converted. Next, the system uses a machine-learning technique to train a model based on the gathered data. Finally, the system uses the trained model to select subscription offers to present to a member of the online social network. | 05-14-2015 |
20150127469 | RESERVE PRICE MODELING FOR ONLINE ADVERTISING AUCTIONS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages online advertising. During operation, the system calculates an intrinsic value of an online advertisement slot from at least one of a user engagement value and a cannibalization value. Next, the system obtains a reserve price for the online advertisement slot from at least one of the intrinsic value and an advertiser value. Finally, the system uses the reserve price to manage serving of online advertisements from a set of advertising campaigns in the online advertisement slot. | 05-07-2015 |
20150120279 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSLATING TEXT VIA WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method of presenting translated content items is disclosed. It is detected that a content item has been captured by a device of a user. It is identified that the content item is a candidate content item for translation. The candidate content item is translated; and the translated candidate content item is presented via a user interface of a wearable display of the device. | 04-30-2015 |
20150095619 | REQUEST CHANGE TRACKER - An example request change tracker may be used to create, modify, monitor, and report events occurring within a development and testing pipeline with respect to one or more computing applications. A request change tracker may include a pipeline event detector, a testing stage detector, a control module, and a reporting module. The pipeline event detector detects a pipeline event indicative of a status of a code module with respect to a pipeline. The testing stage detector determines the associated testing stage in the pipeline, based on the pipeline event. The control module initiates actions with respect to the pipeline, based on the determined testing stage. The reporting module updates a reporting log with information related to the state, progress and results of a testing stage in the pipeline. | 04-02-2015 |
20150066654 | TECHNIQUES FOR FACILITATING CONTENT RETARGETING - Techniques for facilitating retargeting of content are described. According to various embodiments, a user specification of a first set of content items and a second set of content items may be received. Moreover, a user specification of flow logic information may be received. The flow logic information may specify a user trigger action, and an instruction that a second content item in the second set is only to be displayed to a particular user after it is determined that the particular user has performed the user trigger action on the first content item. Thereafter, it may be determined that the particular user has performed the user trigger action on the first content item, and the second content item may be displayed to the particular user, based on the flow logic information. | 03-05-2015 |
20150046547 | OPTIMIZING E-MAIL FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and systems of optimizing e-mail for mobile devices are described. In some embodiments, an e-mail message is caused to be displayed within an e-mail client on a mobile device. The e-mail message comprises a selectable link corresponding to a website action that can be performed on a website. A user on the mobile device is enabled to cause a performance of an e-mail action corresponding to the website action via the e-mail client without navigating to the website, such as via a new e-mail message generated within the e-mail client. A mobile link configured to cause the performance of the action via the e-mail client can be included in the e-mail message. A CSS pseudo-element can be included in CSS rules for the e-mail message. The CSS pseudo-element can be configured to generate mobile content associated with the mobile link. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING SPONSORED CONTENT IN A SOCIAL NETWORK INTERFACE - A system and method may optional include or utilize a processor configured to receive a request for social network content for display in a sponsored content position in a newsfeed of a social network interface, the position having a position criterion, identify a sponsored content item of multiple sponsored content items stored on a database based, at least in part, on a characteristic of the sponsored content item meeting the position criterion, a bid associated with the sponsored content item, and a scaling factor, wherein each of the sponsored content items correspond to one of multiple item types and at least two of the sponsored content items are of a different item type. The scaling factor for each of the sponsored content items is based on the item type of the corresponding one of the sponsored content items. | 02-12-2015 |
20150040015 | SETTINGS PAGE REDESIGN - Methods and systems of managing settings are described. According to various embodiments, a settings page corresponding to a user's settings on an online service may be caused to be displayed on a device. The settings page may comprise selectable category setting options for a setting category. The setting category may have a plurality of subcategories, and each subcategory may have its own selectable subcategory setting options. Each one of the category setting options may correspond to its own distinct configuration of subcategory setting options for its subcategories. A user input indicating a selection of one of the category setting options for the setting category may be received. The configuration of subcategory setting options corresponding to the selected one of the category setting options for the setting category may be applied to the user's settings on the online service. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039574 | MANAGEMENT OF DATA SEGMENTS FOR ANALYTICS QUERIES - The disclosed embodiments provide a method and system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a set of records, wherein each of the records comprises one or more metrics and at least one dimension associated with the one or more metrics. Next, the system creates a data segment comprising at least one of a forward index and an inverted index for a column in the records. The system then stores the data segment in network-accessible storage and assigns the data segment to a partition. Finally, the system enables querying of the data segment through a query node associated with the partition. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039406 | INDEPENDENT TARGETED SPONSORED CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system may include a database configured with individual partitions, one of the partitions corresponding to a sponsored content campaign of a social network. The system may further include multiple servers each communicatively coupled to the database, and each configured to implement a campaign having a campaign termination criterion. Each of the servers may include a processor configured to track sponsored content event data received from a user device based on the campaign and transmit the event data to the database and terminate the campaign based on a comparison of the event data as received from a partition of the database corresponding to the campaign and an estimation of event data not received from the database. The database may be configured to store the event data as received from the servers in the partition corresponding to the campaign upon receipt of the event data. | 02-05-2015 |
20150012819 | TEMPLATE-DRIVEN DECORATION ENGINE - A system, apparatus and method are provided for dynamically generating decorated data for presenting a web page, at the time of rendering the web page. A request for the web page is received at a front-end server, and a template for generating the page's markup language is retrieved (e.g., a template generated using the Dust templating language), which has embedded one or more directives for decorating specified data in an indicated manner. Raw (e.g., undecorated) domain data for the page are received from a back-end store. A decoration engine parses the template, identifies the directives and applies them to generate decorated data in context. Directives may include metadata used by the decoration engine and/or a directives library. A render process is then applied to combine the template and the decorated data to produce the page's markup language (e.g., in HTML), which is transmitted to the client that requested the page. | 01-08-2015 |
20140358644 | TIME SERIES TECHNIQUE FOR ANALYZING PERFORMANCE IN AN ONLINE PROFESSIONAL NETWORK - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for analyzing performance in an online professional network. During operation, the system receives time series data for user actions, wherein for each user action, the time series data comprises a series of numbers associated with consecutive time intervals, wherein a given number indicates a number of times the user action occurred during the time interval. The system also receives time series data for performance metrics, wherein for each performance metric, the time series data comprises a series of numbers associated with consecutive time intervals, wherein a given number indicates the number of times the performance metric occurred during the time interval. The system then performs a time series analysis on the received time series data for user actions and performance metrics to determine relationships between the user actions and the performance metrics. | 12-04-2014 |
20140330566 | PROVIDING SOCIAL-GRAPH CONTENT BASED ON A VOICE PRINT - During a communication technique, an individual is identified based on a signal that includes vocal sounds of the individual and a voice print of the individual. For example, the voice print may include features characteristic of the individual's voice. Alternatively or additionally, the identification may be based on context information associated with a conversation that includes the individual and/or based on pronunciation of the individual's name. After the individual is identified, content in a social graph, which is associated with the individual, may be accessed and provided. This content may include business information, such as: contact information, education information, a job title, an organization associated with the individual, and/or connections of the individual to other individuals in the social graph. | 11-06-2014 |
20140325399 | FRONT-END TOOL FOR DISPLAYING DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION TO FACILITATE WEB PAGE DEVELOPMENT - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that displays diagnostic information to facilitate web page development. While a web page is being assembled at a front-end system using data gathered from one or more back-end systems, the system accumulates metadata associated with the assembly process. Next, the system renders the web page using the gathered data. Finally, the system sends the rendered web page along with the metadata to a browser to be displayed to a user, wherein the browser is configured to selectively display the metadata when the web page is displayed. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324964 | TECHNIQUES FOR INFERRING A LOCATION - Disclosed in some examples is a method including receiving a plurality of transaction records, each of the transaction records including data about a particular transaction engaged in by a member of a social networking service and including a geographic location and a timestamp of the particular transaction; scoring each of the plurality of transaction records based upon the recency of the transaction; clustering the plurality of transaction records into a plurality of clusters, each cluster including transaction records which contain similar geographic locations; creating an aggregate score for each particular one of the plurality of clusters based upon a sum total of the scores calculated for each transaction record clustered into the particular cluster; and creating a probability distribution based upon the scores for the plurality of clusters, the probability distribution indicating a probability that the member was in each of the plurality of locations represented by the clusters. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO UPDATE A FRONT END CLIENT - A method and system to update a front-end client are described. A front-end client may be provided with a reloading wrapper. A reloading wrapper may be configured to detect that a new version of the associated client is available, fetch the new version of the client, test it, and replace the currently executing version of the client with the new version without disrupting the operation of the front-end. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324569 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MEDIATE SELECTION OF CHOICE PRESENTATION MODELS - A method and system to mediate selection of choice presentation models are described. A models mediator, implemented using software, hardware or both, may be configured to exercise different choice presentation models, collect and analyze information with respect to how well each model performed in succeeding to convince a respective user to purchase one of the presented subscription plans, and determine how frequently each model should be used to generate a presentation of subscription choices. | 10-30-2014 |
20140298194 | PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE IN A MOBILE APPLICATION - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for presenting navigation options to a user of a mobile application. During operation, the system receives usage data comprising a record of actions performed while the user was interacting with the mobile application. Next, the system analyzes the usage data to identify areas of interest within the mobile application that the user is likely to access. The system then constructs a set of personalized navigation options for the user based on the identified areas of interest, and possibly other areas of the application based on promotional considerations. Finally, the system outputs the set of personalized navigation options to be presented to the user through a navigation pane in the mobile application, wherein the navigation pane includes shortcuts to the set of personalized navigation options. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297749 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING ACTIONS ON A SOCIAL NETWORK - A device, system, and method may include an electronic data storage configured to store social network data related to use of the social network by users. A processor, coupled to the electronic data storage, may be configured to determine a recommended action that a member of the social network may take to increase a likelihood of at least one of the uses of the social network to access a social network content item related to the member and determine an estimated statistical change in a rate at which the users may access the social network content item if the recommended action were implemented by the member based, at least in part, on the social network data stored in the electronic data storage | 10-02-2014 |
20140297748 | PERFORMING ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH POSITIVE FEEDBACK EVENTS - Systems and methods for providing behavior feedback to members of a social network service are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods access information associated with positive feedback events for a member of a social network service, identify activities associated with the positive feedback events that were performed by the member of the social network service, and perform an action based on the identified one or more activities performed by the member of the social network service. For example, the systems and methods may display and/or update a dashboard that tracks and provides information associated with a member's status and interactions inside and outside of the social network service, may provide recommendations to other members that identify activities determined to generate positive feedback events for the members, and so on. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYTICS - A system, device, and method may include a network interface device configured to be communicatively coupled to a user interface. An electronic data storage may be configured to store social network data related to users having accessed a social network content item A processor, coupled to the network interface device and the electronic data storage, may be configured to identify a relationship among at least some of the users, determine a relevance of the relationship to a member of the social network associated with the social network content item based, at least in part, on a social network profile of the member and social network profiles of the users, and cause the network interface device to display, on the user interface, information related to the relationship on the user interface based, at least in part, on the relevance. | 10-02-2014 |
20140283015 | GRAVITY-BASED ACCESS CONTROL - Apparatus and methods are provided for gravity-based access control. An apparatus may be secured with a gravity-based password that reflects a pattern of manipulation or movement of the apparatus. As the apparatus is moved or reoriented, data produced by a sensor (e.g., an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a position sensor) is assembled to form the password. Elements of the password may identify surfaces of the apparatus as it is flipped or placed in different orientations, or may represent the received sensor data (e.g., acceleration force of gravity, displacement). The sensor data may be multi-dimensional. A target or model password is received and saved, and a user must recreate or re-enter the same pattern in order to unlock the device or otherwise make it available for use. | 09-18-2014 |
20140258288 | DETERMINING MEASURES OF INFLUENCE OF USERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method and system for evaluating the reputation of a member of a social networking system is disclosed. Consistent with an embodiment of the invention, one or more attributes associated with a social networking profile of a member of a social network are analyzed. Based on the analysis, a ranking, rating or score is assigned to a particular category of reputation. When requested, the ranking, rating or score is displayed to a user of the social network. | 09-11-2014 |
20140244750 | INTELLIGENT, MOBILE, LOCATION-AWARE NEWS READER APPLICATION FOR COMMUTERS - A method of generating alerts pertaining to a commute by the user and selecting content items to be presented to the user in conjunction with the alerts is disclosed. A pattern in a commuting by a user is detected. A content item is selected based on a correspondence between the content item and other users and a similarity between the user and the other users. An alert is generated pertaining to a milestone in the pattern of the commuting by the user. The content item and the alert are transmitted for presentation in combination to the user during the commuting by the user. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244561 | PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - Systems and methods for providing career recommendations to a member of a social network are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods receive input associated with a professional or aspirational goal from a member of a social network, determine a recommendation based on information stored by the social network, and provide the recommendation to the member of the social network, among other things. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244531 | TECHNIQUES FOR USING SOCIAL PROXIMITY SCORES IN RECRUITING AND/OR HIRING - Techniques for analyzing a social graph of a social networking service to derive a social proximity score representing a measure of how socially connected a member is to a target entity are described. With some embodiments, an aggregate social proximity score is derived to reflect a measure of how well socially connected a person is to a set of organizations representing customer accounts of a business organization. Accordingly, the aggregate social proximity score can be used to compare candidates in a hiring decision, or to identify potential candidates during recruiting. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244530 | TECHNIQUES FOR USING SOCIAL PROXIMITY SCORES IN RECRUITING AND/OR HIRING - Techniques for analyzing a social graph of a social networking service to derive a social proximity score representing a measure of how socially connected a member is to a target entity are described. With some embodiments, an aggregate social proximity score is derived to reflect a measure of how well socially connected a person is to a set of organizations representing customer accounts of a business organization. Accordingly, the aggregate social proximity score can be used to compare candidates in a hiring decision, or to identify potential candidates during recruiting. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244423 | DYNAMIC RANKING OF PRODUCTS FOR PRESENTATION TO USERS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes user data. During operation, the system obtains a set of ranking engines for a set of products and selects a ranking engine from the set of ranking engines. Next, the system provides the user data for a user to the ranking engine and obtains, in response to the provided user data, a list of ranked products for the user from the ranking engine. Finally, the system provides the products to the user based on the list to facilitate selection of one or more of the products by the user. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244335 | TECHNIQUES FOR DERIVING A SOCIAL PROXIMITY SCORE FOR USE IN ALLOCATING RESOURCES - Techniques for analyzing a social graph of a social networking service to derive a social proximity score representing a measure of how socially connected a member is to a target entity are described. With some embodiments, for each member of the social networking service in a pre-defined group of members, a social proximity score is derived to reflect a measure of how socially connected the member is to a target entity (e.g., company, school, government institution, or some other organization). The social proximity score for each member-target entity pairing may be based on a variety of factors derived from analyzing the social graph, member profile information, and in some instances, the activity and behavior of the members. | 08-28-2014 |
20140215394 | CONTENT VISUALIZATION - Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214953 | USER DEVICE GROUP FORMATION - Systems and methods for adding a first user to a first group of users are presented. First, logical relationship information describing logical relationships among a plurality of users is accessed. Then potential membership of a first user in a first group of users is determined based on the logical relationship information, by selecting the first group from a plurality of possible groups, the selecting being based on scores generated, for each of the plurality of possible groups, by a candidate scorer module, the scores based at least partially on a loneliness score for the first user. Then the first user is added to the first group of users. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214943 | NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE ACTIVITY AND PROFILE TRIGGERS - An embodiment searches a social network for at least one trigger event, detects one or more trigger events, and communicates the detected one or more trigger events as an alert. Searching the social network comprises searching member profiles and searching member activities. Detected one or more trigger events are centralized into a sortable list and prioritized based on business entities and the importance of the trigger events to persons related to the business entities. The centralized sortable list is fed into a customer relations management system which presents the alerts on a user interface. A plurality of types of triggers includes people updates, company updates, product purchases, and product usage. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214941 | CONTACT PRIORITIZATION AND ASSIGNMENT USING A SOCIAL NETWORK - A prioritizing entity prioritizes external contacts using a social network and determines people at the external contact who may influence execution of a given matter. The prioritizing entity also prioritizes internal resources with respect to the prioritized external contacts based on social proximity to people at the external contact, also by using the social network. The prioritizing entity assigns a prioritized internal resource to a prioritized external. Prioritizing external contacts includes ranking the external contacts based on an estimate of the amounts individual external contacts could spend on a given matter. Prioritizing internal resources includes determining explicit connections and inferred connections with people at the external contact, using the social network. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214822 | SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods for searching for information within social networks are described. In some examples embodiments, a search assist system receives a query, such as a partial query, identifies two or more categories of data that include information satisfying the query, ranks the identified categories of data based on various selection criteria, and presents suggested search terms based on the rankings. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214815 | DISPLAYING RESULTS OF QUERIES FOR INFORMATION WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods for searching for information within social networks are described. In some examples embodiments, a search assist system receives a query, such as a partial query, identifies two or more categories of data that include information satisfying the query, ranks the identified categories of data based on various selection criteria, and presents suggested search terms based on the rankings. | 07-31-2014 |
20140189494 | INLINE MEDIA - Systems and methods providing users with a rich web experience are disclosed. In one embodiment, a client and at least one server are in communication using a dual communication link. In another embodiment, a markup language based instant messaging application is disclosed. The instant messaging application may include group instant messaging. The instant messaging application may also provide group member persistence and message persistence at the server. In another embodiment, a card based web application is disclosed, where the card information and character may be shared with other users or within a group. The cards may also be configurable by users. | 07-03-2014 |
20140173020 | AUTOMATIC SCHEDULING OF CONTENT DELIVERY - A content delivery system coupled to a computer network can provide large volumes of content to large numbers of recipients. The content is collected into digests and individual articles to be sent in email via an email channel established by the content delivery system to the recipients through the computer network. Content producers submit content for aggregation into various email deliveries and submit initial scheduling information. The scheduling information may specify target characteristics of preferred recipients of the content as well as general and initial scheduling preferences for email delivery. The content delivery system utilizes the initial scheduling information as a starting point for scheduling email deliveries. The system measures levels of content interaction by the recipients to gauge corresponding interest levels in the content. Using recipient interest levels as feedback, the content delivery system is able to modify and extend scheduling details to optimally schedule further deliveries of content. | 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 |
20140164994 | FACT CHECKING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE INCLUDING FACT CHECKING ICONS - A fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information. The fact checking system is able to incorporate a graphical user interface with fact checking icons to indicate fact checking results. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164528 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Example communication systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives a message from a message server. The method identifies constituent data contained in the message and accesses supplemental information associated with the message based on the constituent data. The message is modified to include at least one of a portion of the supplemental information and a reference to the supplemental information. The modified message is then communicated to a client device. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164526 | INCREASING THE RELEVANCE OF DIGEST EMAILS TO GROUP MEMBERS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates access to content associated with a group. During operation, the system provides, to a first user in the group, a digest email comprising a set of links to the content. Next, the system increases a relevance of the digest email to the first user by selecting a subject header for the digest email based on usage patterns associated with at least one of the first user and one or more other users related to the first user. | 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 |
20140164493 | Computer Servers for Contact Information Management - An Internet-based system capable of automatically maintaining contact-related information in any computer software application or digital device which stores or manages contact-related information. More particularly, the system allows users to automatically enter and maintain contact-related information in a digital address book or similar application or device (such as a wireless phone or PDA) with minimal or no manual entry of the contact-related information by the user. The system also allows contacts of the user (i.e. people who's contact information or partial contact information is present in the user's address book application) to make corrections to their contact-related information contained in the user's address book, request reciprocal contact information from the user, deny the user access to additional or corrected contact-related information and take other actions relative to managing the contact-related information which others (users) have about them. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164492 | Systems for Contact Information Management - An Internet-based system capable of automatically maintaining contact-related information in any computer software application or digital device which stores or manages contact-related information. More particularly, the system allows users to automatically enter and maintain contact-related information in a digital address book or similar application or device (such as a wireless phone or PDA) with minimal or no manual entry of the contact-related information by the user. The system also allows contacts of the user (i.e. people who's contact information or partial contact information is present in the user's address book application) to make corrections to their contact-related information contained in the user's address book, request reciprocal contact information from the user, deny the user access to additional or corrected contact-related information and take other actions relative to managing the contact-related information which others (users) have about them. | 06-12-2014 |
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 |
20140164394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVING ELECTRONIC CONTENT - A system and methods are provided for serving content in response to content queries or requests. When a request is received, for content to be presented to a specified user, candidate content items are identified, possibly based on matches between attributes of the specified user and attributes of the items' target audiences. For each item, a history indicating the frequency (e.g., total number) and/or recency with which impressions of the candidate item (and/or related items) were previously presented to the specified user is retrieved and used to filter out candidate content items and/or collections of content items that have been already been served to the specified user a threshold number of times. Each remaining item's estimated value is computed, the results are ranked and the top-ranked item(s) are served. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164138 | MANAGING ADVERTISING ASSOCIATED WITH DYNAMICALLY-EXPANDING CONTENT - A method of managing advertising associated with dynamically expanding content is disclosed. A request for a dynamic expansion of content is detected. The dynamic expansion includes adding additional content to content presented in a user interface. It is determined that a set of advertisements associated with the user interface is to be updated based on an updating criterion. The updating includes replacing an advertisement of the set of advertisements with an additional advertisement. The updating of the set of advertisements is performed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164136 | BROAD MATCHING ALGORITHM FOR DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS - A method of matching advertisements to users is disclosed. A plurality of attributes of a population of users is identified. A selection is received of an attribute of the plurality of attributes to which a target value is to be broadly matched. A correspondence of an advertisement to a user is determined based on a broad matching of the target value to the attribute. The advertisement is matched to the user based at least in part on the determining of the correspondence. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVING ELECTRONIC CONTENT - A system and methods are provided for serving content in response to content queries or requests. When a request is received, for content to be presented to a specified user, candidate content items are identified, possibly based on matches between attributes of the user and attributes of the items' target audiences. For each item, a history indicating the frequency (e.g., total number) and/or recency with which impressions of the candidate item were previously presented to the user is retrieved and used to determine a modifier value, which is applied to a calculated or generated probable click-through-rate (pCTR) to produce a modified probability that the user would act on the item if it is served to him or her. Each item's estimated value is computed by multiplying a bid associated with the item and the modified probability; the results are ranked and the top-ranked item(s) are served. | 06-12-2014 |
20140160033 | SLIDE TO APPLY - According to various exemplary embodiments, user input of a single continuous gesture from a touch-sensitive surface of a first device to a touch-sensitive surface of a second device is detected. It is determined that the gesture corresponds to a drag-and-drop operation performed on an icon displayed on the touch-sensitive surface of the first device, the icon representing user profile information. Moreover, it is determined that the gesture terminates proximate to a job position user interface element in a job recruitment user interface window displayed on the touch-sensitive surface of the second device. Thereafter, the user profile information of the user is transferred from the first device to the second device. | 06-12-2014 |
20140156668 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDEXING ELECTRONIC CONTENT - Apparatus and method are provided for indexing electronic content to be served to users that operate mobile and/or stationary communications and computing devices. An index is composed of multiple slices, with each slice capable of storing multiple entries and each entry representing one content item. A content item's index entry is populated with integer values representing attribute/value pairs of a target audience of the content item. A query or request to identify content items for serving to a particular user is similarly formatted with integers representing attribute/value pairs of the user. Queries can then be executed rapidly across any or all index entries in any or all slices. Within a slice, entries may be sorted by value or score, and integer components within an individual entry may be sorted to facilitate rapid comparison with a query. | 06-05-2014 |
20140149551 | PERSONALIZED ACCOUNT MIGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for migrating information, and a migrator for migrating information, are disclosed. The method may include extracting organizational information from at least two service providers, accessing a first at least one of the at least two service providers upon selection of a migration selection interface by the user, receiving of a first plurality of information related to the user from one of the service providers, accessing a second at least one of the at least two service providers, and writing the first plurality of information to the second at least one of the at least two service providers. The migrator includes an importer in communicative connection with at least one migrate-from service provider, a normalizer that receives a first plurality of information from the importer and converts the first plurality to a standard format, a denormalizer that receives the standard format from the normalizer and converts the standard format to a second plurality of information, and an exporter communicatively connected to a migrate-to service provider, which exporter receives the second plurality of information from the denormalizer and sends the second plurality to the migrate-to service provider. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149448 | UNIFIED SOCIAL CONTENT PLATFORM - A system can optionally include a social network database configured to store social network information records related to a user of the social network, wherein the social network database is configured to classify an individual information record according to the user of the social network and at least one of an application that generated the individual information record and an object of the individual information record. The system can further include a processor configured to identify ones of the information records as classified in the social network database based on at least one of the user and the at least one of the application and the object and transmit data indicative of a common characteristic of the ones of the information records to the social network. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149206 | COMBINED SPONSORED AND UNSPONSORED CONTENT GROUP - A system may include a unified content platform configured to obtain an unsponsored content group from unsponsored content group sources, each unsponsored content group having at least one unsponsored content element, wherein the unsponsored content groups are obtained based on a relevance of at least some unsponsored content elements to a characteristic of a user. The system may further include a sponsored content platform configured to generate a master content group based on the unsponsored content groups and a sponsored content group, the sponsored content group having at least one sponsored content element and an associated bid, wherein the master content group is obtained based on the relevance of the at least some unsponsored content elements and a relevance of the sponsored content element to the characteristic of the user and the associated bid. | 05-29-2014 |
20140136933 | USER PROFILE IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM - A method and a system for superimposing a prompt over a second user profile page being displayed on a client device, the prompt inviting a first user to update a first user profile page associated with the first user, based on the second user profile page being displayed. | 05-15-2014 |
20140108897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOCUMENT CONVERSION - Method and apparatus for converting a document from a fixed-layout format (e.g., Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF) into a non-fixed layout format (e.g., HTML) portable to different platforms (e.g., desktop computers, tablet computer, smart phones) operating different operating systems (e.g., Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X) and different web browsers (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Mozilla FireFox). In one stream, fonts are identified, extracted, and processed to enhance compatibility with the portable format. In another stream, textual content is extracted and processed to enhance compatibility and images are taken of non-textual content. These images are used as backgrounds in the output document, over which the textual content is rendered in the appropriate fonts, with sizing, spacing, positioning and/or other characteristics matching or closely approximating that of the original document. Error detection is applied by comparing images of the original document to corresponding images of the output document, to ensure high fidelity. | 04-17-2014 |
20140096005 | AUDIENCE PLATFORM - An audience platform is disclosed. In a first example case, a first question is received. A preference event associated with the first question is received. A score is determined for the first question based at least in part on the preference. In a second example case, indications of a first and second potential interviewee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential interviewees are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential interviewees based at least in part on the received preference events. A designated interviewee is selected based on the first and second scores. In a third example case, indications of a first and second potential awardee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential awardee are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential awardees based at least in part on the received preference events. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095489 | DYNAMIC SUBMISSION AND PREFERENCE INDICATOR - Indicating preference for a content contribution is disclosed. A request for information associated with the content contribution is received from a first entity. The status of the content contribution is determined. A response is provided to the first entity. Determining the status of the content contribution includes determining whether a submission of the content contribution was previously received. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095271 | AUDIENCE PLATFORM - An audience platform is disclosed. In a first example case, a first question is received. A preference event associated with the first question is received. A score is determined for the first question based at least in part on the preference. In a second example case, indications of a first and second potential interviewee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential interviewees are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential interviewees based at least in part on the received preference events. A designated interviewee is selected based on the first and second scores. In a third example case, indications of a first and second potential awardee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential awardee are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential awardees based at least in part on the received preference events. | 04-03-2014 |
20140081928 | SKILL EXTRACTION SYSTEM - In an example, disclosed is a machine automated method of identifying a set of skills. In some examples, the method includes extracting a plurality of skill seed phrases from a plurality of member profiles of a social networking site, creating a plurality of disambiguated skill seed phrases by disambiguating the plurality of skill seed phrases using one or more computer processors, and de-duplicating the plurality of disambiguated skill seed phrases to create a plurality of de-duplicated skill seed phrases. | 03-20-2014 |
20140068065 | FILTERING RECORDED INTERACTIONS BY AGE - Systems and methods for the forming of user device groups are presented. In one example, a message including location information indicating a geographic location of a first user device is received from the first user device. Values representing logical connection strengths between the first user device and other user devices are calculated using the location information. A first device group is determined for the first user device based on the calculating of the values representing the logical connection strengths, the first device group including a plurality of the other user devices. | 03-06-2014 |
20140059175 | PERSONALIZED ACCOUNT MIGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for migrating information, and a migrator for migrating information, are disclosed. The method may include extracting organizational information from at least two service providers, accessing a first at least one of the at least two service providers upon selection of a migration selection interface by the user, receiving of a first plurality of information related to the user from one of the service providers, accessing a second at least one of the at least two service providers, and writing the first plurality of information to the second at least one of the at least two service providers. The migrator includes an importer in communicative connection with at least one migrate-from service provider, a normalizer that receives a first plurality of information from the importer and converts the first plurality to a standard format, a denormalizer that receives the standard format from the normalizer and converts the standard format to a second plurality of information, and an exporter communicatively connected to a migrate-to service provider, which exporter receives the second plurality of information from the denormalizer and sends the second plurality to the migrate-to service provider. | 02-27-2014 |
20140033063 | CONTENT VISUALIZATION - Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032674 | CONTENT SHARING VIA SOCIAL NETWORKING - Example systems and methods of content sharing via social networking are presented. In one example, availability of a first user device to provide media content over a communication network is detected. A second user device is identified via an association of the first user device with the second user device that is specified in a social network. An acceptance by the second user device to receive the media content from the first user device is determined. In response to the acceptance, transmission of the media content provided by the first user device over the communication network to the second user device is initiated. | 01-30-2014 |
20140025778 | AUTOMATIC DELIVERY OF CONTENT - Example systems and methods of content sharing via social networking are presented. In one example, availability of a first user device to provide media content over a communication network is detected. A second user device is identified via an association of the first user device with the second user device that is specified in a social network. An acceptance by the second user device to receive the media content from the first user device is determined. In response to the acceptance, transmission of the media content provided by the first user device over the communication network to the second user device is initiated. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025765 | RERANKING OF GROUPS WHEN CONTENT IS UPLOADED - Systems and methods for the forming of user device groups are presented. In one example, a message including location information indicating a geographic location of a first user device is received from the first user device. Values representing logical connection strengths between the first user device and other user devices are calculated using the location information. A first device group is determined for the first user device based on the calculating of the values representing the logical connection strengths, the first device group including a plurality of the other user devices. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025748 | User device group formation - Systems and methods for the forming of user device groups are presented. In one example, a message including location information indicating a geographic location of a first user device is received from the first user device. Values representing logical connection strengths between the first user device and other user devices are calculated using the location information. A first device group is determined for the first user device based on the calculating of the values representing the logical connection strengths, the first device group including a plurality of the other user devices. | 01-23-2014 |
20130325945 | COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION BASED ON PROFILE UPDATE - A notification machine may receive an update to a user profile that describes a user and indicates a group of users as being socially connected to the user by a social network. The update may reference a community (e.g., an employer or a club) of the user. The user profile may be modified by including a reference to the community within the user profile. The notification machine may identify a further user who is included in the community (e.g., employed by the employer, or part of the club). The further user may be socially unconnected to the user by the social network. The notification machine may then generate and provide a notification that the further user is employed by the employer. This notification may contain suggestions that the user initiate communication with the further user, become socially connected with the further user, or both. | 12-05-2013 |
20130318036 | ZENO: BATCH-COMPUTED NEWS FEED UPDATES - A system may receive, at least in part from an update database, a plurality of updates to a plurality of profiles that individually describe ones of a plurality of users of a social network. The system may process, using a batch processor, at least some of the plurality of updates to generate a consolidated update indicative of a status of at least some of the plurality of profiles. The system may transmit the consolidated update to the update database. The system may display the consolidated update on an update stream of the social network corresponding to at least one of the plurality of users. | 11-28-2013 |
20130290448 | GENERATING NETWORK ACTIVITY INDICATORS FOR USERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method and system for evaluating the reputation of a member of a social networking system is disclosed. Consistent with an embodiment of the invention, one or more attributes associated with a social networking profile of a member of a social network are analyzed. Based on the analysis, a ranking, rating or score is assigned to a particular category of reputation. When requested, the ranking, rating or score is displayed to a user of the social network. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290420 | DETERMINING REPUTATIONS OF USERS BASED ON ENDORSEMENTS - A method and system for evaluating the reputation of a member of a social networking system is disclosed. Consistent with an embodiment of the invention, one or more attributes associated with a social networking profile of a member of a social network are analyzed. Based on the analysis, a ranking, rating or score is assigned to a particular category of reputation. When requested, the ranking, rating or score is displayed to a user of the social network. | 10-31-2013 |
20130246945 | EVALUATING CONTENT - Recording a user's preference for content is disclosed. An indication of a problem associated with the content is received, in response to only a single action taken by a user interacting with a web page. After receiving the indication, at least a portion of the web page is continued to be displayed. | 09-19-2013 |
20130238635 | DYNAMIC SUBMISSION AND PREFERENCE INDICATOR - Indicating preference for a content contribution is disclosed. A request for information associated with the content contribution is received from a first entity. The status of the content contribution is determined. A response is provided to the first entity. Determining the status of the content contribution includes determining whether a submission of the content contribution was previously received. | 09-12-2013 |
20130227020 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING A CONTEXT BASED ON CONTENT INTERACTION - The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for recommending a context to a user of a social network service, based on detecting an interaction with some item of web content. With some embodiments, after detecting an interaction with a web document, a topic to which the web document is related is determined. A context, such as an online or offline forum, known to be associated with the topic is then identified. Finally, the identified context is presented to the user as a recommendation for a content source that is likely to be of interest to the user. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226709 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO PRESENT NETWORK NOTIFICATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a mechanism for displaying in conjunction with a display advertisement one or more social network notifications or business network notifications generated from an online or web-based social/business networking service. The social/business network notifications displayed to a particular user generally include content that is associated with persons to whom the particular user is connected via a person-to-person connection established via the social/business networking service, and content that has some nexus to the display advertisement. In some instances, the network notification may relate to an interaction that a user has had with one or more services provided by the business or social networking service. | 08-29-2013 |
20130212033 | DETERMINING REPUTATION OF USERS WITH RESPECT TO SKILLS - A method and system for evaluating the reputation of a member of a social networking system is disclosed. Consistent with an embodiment of the invention, one or more attributes associated with a social networking profile of a member of a social network are analyzed. Based on the analysis, a ranking, rating or score is assigned to a particular category of reputation. When requested, the ranking, rating or score is displayed to a user of the social network. | 08-15-2013 |
20130185629 | AUDIENCE PLATFORM - An audience platform is disclosed. In a first example case, a first question is received. A preference event associated with the first question is received. A score is determined for the first question based at least in part on the preference. In a second example case, indications of a first and second potential interviewee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential interviewees are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential interviewees based at least in part on the received preference events. A designated interviewee is selected based on the first and second scores. In a third example case, indications of a first and second potential awardee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential awardee are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential awardees based at least in part on the received preference events. | 07-18-2013 |
20130179454 | AUDIENCE PLATFORM - An audience platform is disclosed. In a first example case, a first question is received. A preference event associated with the first question is received. A score is determined for the first question based at least in part on the preference. In a second example case, indications of a first and second potential interviewee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential interviewees are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential interviewees based at least in part on the received preference events. A designated interviewee is selected based on the first and second scores. In a third example case, indications of a first and second potential awardee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential awardee are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential awardees based at least in part on the received preference events. | 07-11-2013 |
20130097531 | DETECTING ASSOCIATES - Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item. | 04-18-2013 |
20130091436 | CONTENT VISUALIZATION - Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface. | 04-11-2013 |
20130031090 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING SIMILAR PEOPLE VIA A BUSINESS NETWORKING SERVICE - Techniques for identifying and presenting member profiles similar to a source member profile are described. With some embodiments, a general recommendation engine is used to extract features from member profiles, and then store the extracted features, including any computed, derived or retrieved profile features, in an enhanced member profile. In real-time, the general recommendation engine processes client requests to identify member profiles similar to a source member profile by comparing select profile features stored in the enhanced member profile with corresponding profile features of the source member profile, where the comparison results in several similarity sub-scores that are then combined in accordance with directives set forth in a configuration file. Finally, the member profiles with the highest similarity scores corresponding with the user-selected member profile are selected, and in some instances, presented to a user. | 01-31-2013 |
20120191776 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING A CONTEXT BASED ON CONTENT INTERACTION - The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for recommending a context to a user of a social network service, based on detecting an interaction with some item of web content. With some embodiments, after detecting an interaction with a web document, a topic to which the web document is related is determined. A context, such as an online or offline forum, known to be associated with the topic is then identified. Finally, the identified context is presented to the user as a recommendation for a content source that is likely to be of interest to the user. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191715 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING ACTIVITY DATA WITH CLUSTERED EVENTS - The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for clustering individual items of web content, and then utilizing activity and profile data to both select clusters of content items for presentation to a user, and determining how the selected clusters of content items are presented to the user of an online social network service. With some embodiments, the activity data are derived by monitoring and detection interactions with the individual items of web content by an individual user, or other users with whom the individual user is related, as established via, and defined by, the social network service. | 07-26-2012 |
20120072432 | FACET-BASED FILTERING OF SOCIAL NETWORK UPDATE DATA - A network update interface is presented to a user on a network to display network updates from other users of a mutual social-networking site. The network updates shared by the other users are gathered in a stream and supplied to a facet-filtering system including a network update interface. The user controls the display of certain network update items according to facet-filter characteristics enabled in facet-filter selection panels in the network update interface. The facet-filter characteristics are used by a facet filter to select certain network updates for display to the user in the network update interface. Trending links to further articles with content corresponding to the facet-filter characteristics are displayed to the user according to greatest popularity among the other users. Links to the profiles of the users sharing the articles are also provided in the network update interface. | 03-22-2012 |