Recommending decision makers in an organization

US10395191B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mathieu Bastian · San Francisco, US
• Jessica V. Zuniga · Palo Alto, US
• Zal Yaz Bilimoria · San Francisco, US
• Peter N. Skomoroch · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/105
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure provides for systems and methods directed to generating colleague recommendations within a social network service. The systems and methods may include identifying a sample member of a social network service and determining an organizational unit associated with the sample member. The sample member may be associated with prior member activity involving a source member and the organizational unit may represent a department within an organization. The systems and methods may also include identifying various candidate members, where the candidate members are associated with the organizational unit. The systems and methods may also include surfacing the plurality of candidate members to a computer system being operated by the source member.