EVALUATING CONTENT
Granted: September 19, 2013
Application Number:
20130246945
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.
DYNAMIC SUBMISSION AND PREFERENCE INDICATOR
Granted: September 12, 2013
Application Number:
20130238635
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.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO PRESENT NETWORK NOTIFICATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS
Granted: August 29, 2013
Application Number:
20130226709
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…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING A CONTEXT BASED ON CONTENT INTERACTION
Granted: August 29, 2013
Application Number:
20130227020
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…
DETERMINING REPUTATION OF USERS WITH RESPECT TO SKILLS
Granted: August 15, 2013
Application Number:
20130212033
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.
AUDIENCE PLATFORM
Granted: July 18, 2013
Application Number:
20130185629
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…
AUDIENCE PLATFORM
Granted: July 11, 2013
Application Number:
20130179454
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…
DETECTING ASSOCIATES
Granted: April 18, 2013
Application Number:
20130097531
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.
CONTENT VISUALIZATION
Granted: April 11, 2013
Application Number:
20130091436
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.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING SIMILAR PEOPLE VIA A BUSINESS NETWORKING SERVICE
Granted: January 31, 2013
Application Number:
20130031090
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…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING ACTIVITY DATA WITH CLUSTERED EVENTS
Granted: July 26, 2012
Application Number:
20120191715
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…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING A CONTEXT BASED ON CONTENT INTERACTION
Granted: July 26, 2012
Application Number:
20120191776
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…
FACET-BASED FILTERING OF SOCIAL NETWORK UPDATE DATA
Granted: March 22, 2012
Application Number:
20120072432
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…
