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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kathryn R. Vanderwater, Plainfield, IL (US);
Frances B. Haugen, Oakland, CA (US);
Alexander K. Unger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for ranking users based on contextual factors are provided. An example method may include receiving an online question by an asking user. The method may further include identifying one or more topics of the received online question. The method may further include identifying a set of candidate answering users from a plurality of users based on an expertise level of each user of the plurality of users, wherein the expertise level is related to the identified one or more topics of the received online question. In addition, the method may include ranking the set of candidate answering users based on a commonality of one or more contextual factors between the asking user and the set of candidate answering users, wherein the one or more contextual factors are distinct from the identified one or more topics. Systems and computer-readable media for ranking users based on contextual factors are also described.