OPTIMIZING E-MAIL FOR MOBILE DEVICES
Granted: February 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150046547
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…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING SPONSORED CONTENT IN A SOCIAL NETWORK INTERFACE
Granted: February 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150046515
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…
SETTINGS PAGE REDESIGN
Granted: February 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150040015
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…
MANAGEMENT OF DATA SEGMENTS FOR ANALYTICS QUERIES
Granted: February 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150039574
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…
INDEPENDENT TARGETED SPONSORED CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
Granted: February 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150039406
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…
TEMPLATE-DRIVEN DECORATION ENGINE
Granted: January 8, 2015
Application Number:
20150012819
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…
TARGETING USERS BASED ON CATEGORICAL CONTENT INTERACTIONS
Granted: January 1, 2015
Application Number:
20150006286
During a targeting technique, a machine model is generated based on content-interaction data that specifies interactions of users of a social network, with categorical content corresponding to predefined interest segments. The content-interaction data may include viewing of the categorical content and sharing of the categorical content with other users of the social network. This machine-learning model is then used to calculate scores for the users based on the attributes in their…
TIME SERIES TECHNIQUE FOR ANALYZING PERFORMANCE IN AN ONLINE PROFESSIONAL NETWORK
Granted: December 4, 2014
Application Number:
20140358644
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…
PROVIDING SOCIAL-GRAPH CONTENT BASED ON A VOICE PRINT
Granted: November 6, 2014
Application Number:
20140330566
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,…
PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE IN A MOBILE APPLICATION
Granted: October 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140298194
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…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING ACTIONS ON A SOCIAL NETWORK
Granted: October 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140297749
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…
PERFORMING ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH POSITIVE FEEDBACK EVENTS
Granted: October 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140297748
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…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYTICS
Granted: October 2, 2014
Application Number:
20140297631
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…
GRAVITY-BASED ACCESS CONTROL
Granted: September 18, 2014
Application Number:
20140283015
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…
DETERMINING MEASURES OF INFLUENCE OF USERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140258288
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.
TECHNIQUES FOR DERIVING A SOCIAL PROXIMITY SCORE FOR USE IN ALLOCATING RESOURCES
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140244335
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…
PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140244561
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.
TECHNIQUES FOR USING SOCIAL PROXIMITY SCORES IN RECRUITING AND/OR HIRING
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140244531
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…
TECHNIQUES FOR USING SOCIAL PROXIMITY SCORES IN RECRUITING AND/OR HIRING
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140244530
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…
DYNAMIC RANKING OF PRODUCTS FOR PRESENTATION TO USERS
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140244423
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…
