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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Anupam Seth, Urbana, IL (US);
Allie K. Watfa, Urbana, IL (US);
Dale Nussel, Mahomet, IL (US);
Jonathan Kilroy, Champaign, IL (US);
Anupam Seth, Urbana, IL (US);
Allie K. Watfa, Urbana, IL (US);
Dale Nussel, Mahomet, IL (US);
Jonathan Kilroy, Champaign, IL (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for recommending social networking connections are disclosed. Information is received from a mobile device relating to software applications that are installed on a first user's mobile device. A weight for each software application is calculated based on usage information and each software application is designated to at least one category. A priority is calculated for each category based at least in part on respective weights of software applications designated to the category. A second user, who is not connected to the first user, is detected, wherein the second user has a predetermined number of categories that are the same as the first user's categories, and wherein priorities corresponding to the second user's categories are within a predetermined range of priorities corresponding to the first user's categories. A recommendation to connect with the second user is provided to the first user.