Determining topics of interest
US9330174B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 24, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/01
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method that includes the actions of receiving a request for data indicative of topics of interest for a user segment of a social networking platform, accessing user data for one or more users of the social networking platform, comparing the one or more user characteristics that are associated with the user segment to user characteristics associated with the accessed user data, identifying, based on comparing, a portion of the accessed user data that pertains to the user segment, analyzing contents of the portion of the accessed user data that pertains to the user segment, determining, based on analyzing, one or more elements in the portion of the accessed user data that pertain to a topic of interest for the user segment, and transmitting, to a client device that sent the request, data indicative of elements pertaining to the topics of interest for the user segment.
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