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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:
Feb. 26, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Oath Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nicola Barbieri, Barcelona, ES;

Francesco Bonchi, Barcelona, ES;

Giuseppe Manco, Settimo di Montalto Uffugo, IT;

Assignee:

Oath Inc., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06N 99/00 (2019.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/22 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06N 99/005 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
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.


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