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Suggested queries for locating posts on online social networks

  • US 10,102,273 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2014
  • Issued: 10/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for improving search query suggestions comprising, by one or more computing devices:

  • accessing a first post of an online social network, the first post comprising a content of the first post and a metadata associated with the first post;

    extracting a plurality of keywords from the content of the first post and the metadata associated with the first post;

    determining, for each extracted keyword of the first post, one or more topics associated with the extracted keyword;

    calculating, for each topic associated with the extracted keywords of the first post, a topic-score based on a relevance of the topic to the first post;

    determining, from the topics associated with the extracted keywords of the first post, one or more relevant topics for the first post, wherein each relevant topic has a topic-score greater than a threshold topic-score;

    selecting a plurality of keywords from the extracted keywords of the first post, each of the selected keywords corresponding to one or more of the relevant topics;

    generating a suggested keyword query corresponding to the first post, the suggested keyword query comprising the selected keywords of the first post;

    determining that a total number of the selected keywords of the first post in the suggested keyword query is less than a predetermined number of keywords, wherein the predetermined number of keywords is at least two keywords;

    in response to determining that the total number of the selected keywords of the first post in the suggested keyword query is less than the predetermined number of keywords, modifying the suggested keyword query to include at least a portion of a name of an author of the first post; and

    sending, to a client device of a first user of the online social network, information configured to render an interface comprising the first post and the modified suggested keyword query, wherein the first post is displayed in association with the modified suggested keyword query.

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