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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ke Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Songtao Guo, Cupertino, CA (US);
Baoshi Yan, Belmont, CA (US);
Alex Ching Lai, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for determining a location of an entity are described. A determination module using member profile data may determine the location of the entity. Member profile data can include information about a member's employer and the employer's location. The determination module accesses member profiles from a social network. Additionally, the determination module may create a subgroup of entity-related member profiles from the accessed member profiles. The entity-related member profiles can be associated with a specific entity. Furthermore, the determination module may determine a suggested location for the specific entity based on location information derived from the related member profiles. Moreover, the determination module may calculate a connection density for the specific entity based on connections associated with the entity-related member profiles. Subsequently, the determination module may determine that the suggested location is a physical location when the calculated connection density is above a pre-determined threshold value.