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Distant content discovery

US10061826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Torbjørn Helvik · Oslo, NO
Michael J. Taylor · Leatherhead, GB
Vishwa Vinay · Savanuru, IN
Vidar Vikjord · Lyfjord, NO
Viral Shah · San Diego, US
Ashok Kuppusamy · Seattle, US
Bjørnstein Lilleby · Tromsø, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 2015
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q50/01
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Generating and providing a content feed to a user that surfaces information items that are determined to be interesting or relevant to the user including content that is determined to be “distant” to the user is provided. Explicit user actions are used to discover peers who are not colleagues of the user (e.g., peers with whom the user does not share a close organizational relationship, peers with whom the user does not regularly communicate, etc.), but who the user indicates an interest in via his/her actions. These peers are categorized as elevated peers of the user, and information items associated with and trending around the elevated peers are surfaced to the user in a content feed.

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