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Inferring user interests

US8055664B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 2007
Grant dateNov 8, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0274
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes determining, for a portion of users of a social network, label values each comprising an inferred interest level of a user in a subject indicated by a label, associating a first user with one or more second users based on one or more relationships specified by the first user, and outputting a first label value for the first user based on one or more second label values of the one or more second users.

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