Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130159293 | GENERATING A SUPPLEMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF AN ENTITY - A statistically overrepresented token in the descriptions of users associated with a target entity may be descriptive of the target entity. This may be true regardless of whether a primary description of the entity includes the overrepresented token. Accordingly, the entity description machine may access multiple descriptions of multiple users associated with the target entity. A portion of the multiple descriptions may each include a token descriptive of the target entity and of a subset of the multiple users. The entity description machine may determine that the token is overrepresented among the tokens within the multiple descriptions and generate a supplemental description of the target entity, where the supplemental description includes the overrepresented token. Once the supplemental description is generated, the entity description machine may use the supplemental description in referencing the target entity. | 06-20-2013 |
20140129552 | LEVERAGING HOMOPHILY IN RANKING SEARCH RESULTS - Techniques for ranking search results generated by a search engine are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a search engine processes a search query to identify member profiles of members of a social network service for presentation in a search results page or user interface. The member profiles are presented in the search results ordered based on a ranking score that is derived at least in part by identifying similarities in the member profile attributes of the member profiles satisfying the search query and the member profile of the person performing the search. Accordingly, to the extent that a member profile has similarities shared in common with the member profile of the member performing the search, that member profile is more likely to be presented more prominently in the search results. | 05-08-2014 |
20140214815 | DISPLAYING RESULTS OF QUERIES FOR INFORMATION WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods for searching for information within social networks are described. In some examples embodiments, a search assist system receives a query, such as a partial query, identifies two or more categories of data that include information satisfying the query, ranks the identified categories of data based on various selection criteria, and presents suggested search terms based on the rankings. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214822 | SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods for searching for information within social networks are described. In some examples embodiments, a search assist system receives a query, such as a partial query, identifies two or more categories of data that include information satisfying the query, ranks the identified categories of data based on various selection criteria, and presents suggested search terms based on the rankings. | 07-31-2014 |
20150081576 | GENERATING A SUPPLEMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF AN ENTITY - A statistically overrepresented token in the descriptions of users associated with a target entity may be descriptive of the target entity. This may be true regardless of whether a primary description of the entity includes the overrepresented token. Accordingly, the entity description machine may access multiple descriptions of multiple users associated with the target entity. A portion of the multiple descriptions may each include a token descriptive of the target entity and of a subset of the multiple users. The entity description machine may determine that the token is overrepresented among the tokens within the multiple descriptions and generate a supplemental description of the target entity, where the supplemental description includes the overrepresented token. Once the supplemental description is generated, the entity description machine may use the supplemental description in referencing the target entity. | 03-19-2015 |