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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Shyam Sundar Rajaram, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rajan Lukose, Oakland, CA (US);

Martin B Scholz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Craig Peter Sayers, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shyam Sundar Rajaram, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rajan Lukose, Oakland, CA (US);

Martin B Scholz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Craig Peter Sayers, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method performed by a processing system includes receiving a recommendation from a source user in response to performing an action corresponding to an action context of the recommendation, determining whether the source user appears in social network information of a target user, and distinguishing a presentation of the recommendation to the target user in response to the source user appearing in the social network information of the target user.


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