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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Linkedin Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Angela Yoonjeong Yang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Xiaowen Zhang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephane Dahan, San Jose, CA (US);
Chanh Nguyen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lawrence Yuan, Campbell, CA (US);
LinkedIn Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems of providing a guided navigation experience are described. According to various embodiments, a first type of use case may be determined for a first use of a website by a user. The first type of use case may be determined amongst a plurality of types of use cases. A first navigation recommendation may be determined based on the determined first type of use case. The first navigation recommendation may comprise a recommendation for the user to navigate to a first content on the website. The first navigation recommendation may be caused to be displayed to the user. In some embodiments, the plurality of types of use cases may comprise at least one of viewing an update of a profile of another user, viewing an event associated with the profile of another user, performing a job search, and participating in or viewing a discussion.