Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for targeting communications using social network metrics
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Application No.: US14504024Application Date: 2014-10-01
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Publication No.: US09411858B2Publication Date: 2016-08-09
- Inventor: Brian Lawler , Elliot Loh , Paul J. Martino , Mark Pincus
- Applicant: LinkedIn Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
- Current Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F17/30 ; G06Q10/10 ; G06Q20/14 ; H04L12/18 ; H04L12/58 ; G06F3/0481 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A method for a computer system includes receiving a first user communication, determining a first group of users, determining a target number of users, determining whether the first group of users includes the target number of users, and if not, providing the communication to the first group of users, determining a hierarchal mapping of groups of users in response to user memberships, determining a second group of users from the hierarchal mapping, determining a plurality of social network relationship factors for the second group of users with respect to the first user, and providing the communication to at least a subset of users in the second group of users in response to the first plurality of social network relationship factors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150019542A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TARGETING COMMUNICATIONS USING SOCIAL NETWORK METRICS Public/Granted day:2015-01-15
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