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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:

Linkedin Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vinodh Jayaram, Fremont, CA (US);

Peter N. Skomoroch, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Matthew T. Hayes, Milpitas, CA (US);

Adam Nash, Los Altos, CA (US);

David Michael Breger, Mountain View, CA (US);

Prachi Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Elliot Shmukler, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Avery Moon, Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Assignee:

LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/306 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06398 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed in some examples is a method comprising determining a first set of high ranking skills, the first set containing skills possessed by a member of the social networking service based upon the member's user profile; determining a second set of high ranking skills, the second set containing skills for a second member of the social networking service based on the second member's user profile; determining a third set of high ranking skills, the third set being the intersection between the first and second set of high ranking skills; and suggesting one or more of the skills in the third set of high ranking skills to the member for endorsement of the second member with respect to that skill.


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