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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ajith Muralidharan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aastha Jain, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhanglong Liu, Fremont, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosed technologies include identifying a user of a network as a possible contributor of digital content to a document that is published via the network; identifying at least two different channels on the network that are each capable of sending, to the user, an invitation for the user to contribute to the document; for each of the at least two different channels, determining respective channel usage data, where the channel usage data includes, for a channel of the at least two different channels, historical data relating to use of the channel by the user to interact with content; for each of the at least two different channels, computing respective channel affinity scores based on the respective channel usage data, where a channel affinity score includes, for a channel of the at least two different channels, an estimate of a likelihood of the user contributing to the document through the channel; based on the respective channel affinity scores, selecting an optimal channel from the at least two different channels; and sending the invitation to the user to contribute to the document through the optimal channel.