Soft matching user identifiers
US9798812B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 3, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/80
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Particular embodiments may receive one or more data items associated with a first user of a social-networking system. The one or more data items being related to an entity. One or more data stores may store a social graph of the social-networking system. The social graph may comprise a plurality of nodes and plurality of edges between nodes. The nodes may comprise user nodes corresponding to users of the social-networking system and concept nodes corresponding to concepts. Particular embodiments may identify one or more nodes of the social graph that likely match the entity and associate at least one of the data items to at least one of the identified nodes.
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