Skills endorsements

US9654592B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LinkedIn Corporation · US

Inventors

• Vinodh Jayaram · Fremont, US
• Peter N. Skomoroch · San Francisco, US
• Matthew T. Hayes · Milpitas, US
• Adam Nash · Sunnyvale, US
• David Michael Breger · San Francisco, US
• Prachi Gupta · Santa Clara, US
• Elliot Shmukler · Palo Alto, US
• Avery Randolph Moon · Redwood Shores, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 8, 2012
• Grant date: May 16, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/30
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed in some examples is a method comprising determining a first set of high ranking skills, the first set containing skills possessed by a member of the social networking service based upon the member's user profile; determining a second set of high ranking skills, the second set containing skills for a second member of the social networking service based on the second member's user profile; determining a third set of high ranking skills, the third set being the intersection between the first and second set of high ranking skills; and suggesting one or more of the skills in the third set of high ranking skills to the member for endorsement of the second member with respect to that skill.