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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Vinodh Jayaram, Fremont, CA (US);

Peter N. Skomoroch, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew T. Hayes, Milpitas, CA (US);

Adam Nash, Los Altos, CA (US);

David Michael Breger, San Francisco, CA (US);

Prachi Gupta, San Mateo, CA (US);

Elliot Shmukler, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Avery Randolph Moon, Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/306 (2013.01); G06F 17/30675 (2013.01); G06F 17/30702 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06398 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed in some examples is a method comprising determining a first set of high ranking skills, the first set containing skills possessed by a member of the social networking service based upon the member's user profile; determining a second set of high ranking skills, the second set containing skills for a second member of the social networking service based on the second member's user profile; determining a third set of high ranking skills, the third set being the intersection between the first and second set of high ranking skills; and suggesting one or more of the skills in the third set of high ranking skills to the member for endorsement of the second member with respect to that skill.


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