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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Saurabh Sahni, Bangalore, IN;
Ian Kennedy, Alameda, CA (US);
Pankaj Kothari, Bangalore, IN;
Todd Sampson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Emanuel Miller, Castro Valley, CA (US);
John Sampson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Goffinet, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve Ho, Belmont, CA (US);
Raymund Ramos, Pinole, CA (US);
Mani Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Saurabh Sahni, Bangalore, IN;
Ian Kennedy, Alameda, CA (US);
Pankaj Kothari, Bangalore, IN;
Todd Sampson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Emanuel Miller, Castro Valley, CA (US);
John Sampson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Goffinet, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve Ho, Belmont, CA (US);
Raymund Ramos, Pinole, CA (US);
Mani Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
YAHOO! INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of gathering information relevant to the interests of a user includes receiving activity history associated with the user from a network data source, where the activity history includes a description of a user action initiated by the user, generating a first metadata item based upon the activity history; and storing the first metadata item as user profile information associated with the user in a user profile database. Generating the first metadata item may include extracting text from the activity history and generating the first metadata item based upon the text. The activity history may include a description of a user action. The method may further include providing a server plugin for performing a second method in response to access of web content on a server by the user, the second method comprising retrieving a content object from the server, determining if the first metadata item is relevant to the content object, adding a web link to the web content as a reference to the content object in response to the content object being relevant to the first metadata item; and providing the web content to the user.