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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2014
Oath Inc., New York, NY (US);
Nicola Barbieri, Barcelona, ES;
Francesco Bonchi, Barcelona, ES;
Giuseppe Manco, Settimo di Montalto Uffugo, IT;
Oath Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is a system or method for a users-to-follow recommendation engine for, based at least in part on social network information and information about users in one or more social networks, determining features relating to users, including topical features and social features, determining, using a model constructed utilizing the determined features, for a set or users, a subset of the set of users for which the user has a high linkage, relative to other linkages in the set, and determining, using the model, and displaying to the user, a recommendation to follow and an associated explanation, of at least one particular user of the subset of the users wherein the associated explanation includes a topical-based explanation when a predominant basis for the high linkage is determined to be topical and a social-based explanation when a predominant basis for the high linkage is determined to be social.