IP Library Granted Patent US 8,868,739
Granted Patent B2
US 8,868,739 · App. 14/035,291 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Filtering recorded interactions by age

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Patent No.
US 8,868,739
App. No.
14/035,291
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for the forming of user device groups are presented. First, logical relationship information can be recorded, the logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user and other users, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking service. Communications between the first user and the other users, the communications being of at least two different types of communications, may be monitored. A first user group in which to add the first user is determined based on the logical relationship information, a first factor and a second factor, the first factor corresponding to a first of the different types of communications and the second factor corresponding to a second of the different types of communications, the determining including applying a first time-varying function to the first factor and a second time-varying function to the second factor to represent an effect of passage of time, the first time-varying function being different than the second time-varying function.

Claims (27)

1. A method, comprising:

recording logical relationship information, the logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user and other users, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking service;

monitoring communications between the first user and the other users, the communications being of at least two different types of communications;

determining, at a server using at least one processor, a first user group in which to add the first user based on the logical relationship information, a first factor and a second factor, the first factor corresponding to a first of the different types of communications and the second factor corresponding to a second of the different types of communications, the determining including applying a first time-varying function to the first factor and a second time-varying function to the second factor to represent an effect of passage of time, the first time-varying function being different than the second time-varying function; and

adding the first user to the first user group.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first or second of the different types of communications is one-on-one communications between the first user and another user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first or second of the different types of communications is content broadcast from the first user to the other users.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the first or second time-varying functions is exponential decay.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the first or second time-varying functions is asymptotic growth.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the first or second time-varying functions is decreasing ramp.

7. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

data storage comprising modules including instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, the modules comprising:

an interaction recording module configured to record logical relationship information, the logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user and other users, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking service, and to monitor communications between the first user and the other users, the communications being of at least two different types of communications;

a candidate scorer module configured to determine, at a server using at least one processor, a first user group in which to add the first user based on the logical relationship information, a first factor and a second factor, the first factor corresponding to a first of the different types of communications and the second factor corresponding to a second of the different types of communications, the determining including applying a first time-varying function to the first factor and a second time-varying function to the second factor to represent an effect of passage of time, the first time-varying function being different than the second time-varying function.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first or second of the different types of communications is one-on-one communications between the first user and another user.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first or second of the different types of communications is content broadcast from the first user to the other users.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein one of the first or second time-varying functions is exponential decay.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein one of the first or second time-varying functions is asymptotic growth.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein one of the first or second time-varying functions is decreasing ramp.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

recording logical relationship information, the logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user and other users, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking service;

monitoring communications between the first user and the other users, the communications being of at least two different types of communications;

determining, at a server using at least one processor, a first user group in which to add the first user based on the logical relationship information, a first factor and a second factor, the first factor corresponding to a first of the different types of communications and the second factor corresponding to a second of the different types of communications, the determining including applying a first time-varying function to the first factor and a second time-varying function to the second factor to represent an effect of passage of time, the first time-varying function being different than the second time-varying function; and

adding the first user to the first user group.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the first or second of the different types of communications is one-on-one communications between the first user and another user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the first or second of the different types of communications is content broadcast from the first user to the other users.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2017
From: LINKEDIN CORPORATION
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 044746/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2014
From: COLOR LABS, INC.
To: LINKEDIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031919/0911 →