Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Viman Deb

Aviad Pinkovezky

Huining Feng

Michael Brentley Dimapilis

Jingjing Huang

Timothy Vergara Santos

George Benjamin Martin

Techniques to determine that an employer of a member has an omitted company page in a social network are described. A user input can be received from the member. The user input selecting a company from a company list. The company can have a similar name to an employer of the member and the company already having a company page. Member data of the member having social graph information can be accessed. Using the social graph information, a first connection density value for the member and the company can be calculated. Additionally, a second connection density value can be calculated for the member and the employer. Furthermore, a determination that the employer has an omitted company page can be determined based on the first connection density value and the second connection density value. Subsequently, a generation of a company page for the employer can be initiated based on the determination.

Determining an omitted company page based on a connection density value

Techniques for automatically generating a company profile in a social network are described. A profile generation module can access employment data from a member profile in a social network. Additionally, the profile generation module can determine an employer based on the accessed employment data. Furthermore, the profile generation module can verify that the determined company does not have an existing entity profile in the social network. Moreover, the profile generation module can authenticate the verified employer based on member data from the social network. Subsequently, the profile generation module can generate and post the entity profile on the social network.

Generating company profiles based on member data

Techniques for automatically generating a company profile in a social network are described. A company page generation module can present a company list and receive a user input from a member of a social network, with the user input being indicative of an employer of the member. Additionally, the company page generation module can access member data associated with the member and determine that the employer of the member has an omitted company page in the social network. Moreover, the company page generation module can obtain company information relating to the employer. Furthermore, the company page generation module can generate a company page in the social network for the employer based on the obtained information.

Automatic initiation for generating a company profile

Generally discussed herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses for crowdsourcing data. A method can include identifying a first entity has an auto-created profile on a social network site or has a profile page that has been abandoned by an administrator of the profile page, identifying a user of the site includes the first entity in their profile or includes a second entity in their profile where the second entity includes an industry identifier that matches an industry identifier of the first entity, prompting the user determined to be associated with the first entity to verify data about the first entity in the auto-created profile or provide new data about the first entity, and updating the auto-created profile of the first entity in response to the user confirming that the prior data is incorrect or providing new data about the first entity.

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