Generating and displaying recommendation counters based on recommendation dialogue captured through a social network and constrained by geographic regions of the recommenders

US10157412B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NEXTDOOR.COM, INC. · US

Inventors

• Nirav N. Tolia · San Francisco, US
• Aaron Webber · San Francisco, US
• Rishi Mukhopadhyay · Bengaluru, IN
• Sean Christopher Bromage · San Francisco, US
• Kevin Liu · San Diego, US
• Paul Howe · Mill Valley, US
• Ryan Patrick Sims · San Francisco, US
• Daniel J. Clancy · Los Altos, US
• Morgan Hallmon · Oakland, US
• Daniel Masquelier · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 18, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/52
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for generating a recommendation counter for a business entity based on social networking interactions is provided. In an embodiment, a social networking server provides an interface for users of social networking accounts to request recommendations for business entities and to reply to the requests with recommendations. When the social networking server computer receives a recommendation for a particular business entity, the social networking server computer determines whether the recommending social networking account has recommended the particular business entity in the past. In response to determining that the social networking account has not recommended the particular business entity in the past, the social networking server computer increments a recommendation counter for the particular business entity.