Sending notifications about other users with whom a user is likely to interact
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- maintaining information for a plurality of users of a social networking system, the plurality of users comprising a recipient user and a target user;
predicting a future interaction between the recipient user and the target user;
responsive to predicting the future interaction between the recipient user and the target user;
retrieving from the maintained information a plurality of information items containing information about the target user;
determining a relevance score for each of the retrieved information items, wherein a higher relevance score indicates that the information item will assist the recipient user in the future interaction with the target user;
ranking the information items according to their relevance scores;
selecting one or more information items based on the ranking to provide to the recipient user regarding the target user; and
sending the selected information items for display to the recipient user.
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Abstract
To provide more contextually and temporally relevant information to its users, a social networking system may surface relevant information about a target user with whom an recipient user is likely to interact. The social networking system predicts whether the recipient user is likely to be in contact with a target user, either currently or in the near future. If contact is predicted, the system determines information about the target user that that the recipient user may find of interest for their interaction. To determine what information may be of interest, the system determines a relevance score for information items about that target user. The system can then use the relevance scores to decide whether and which information items to surface to the recipient user, e.g., in the form of notifications.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining information for a plurality of users of a social networking system, the plurality of users comprising a recipient user and a target user; predicting a future interaction between the recipient user and the target user; responsive to predicting the future interaction between the recipient user and the target user; retrieving from the maintained information a plurality of information items containing information about the target user; determining a relevance score for each of the retrieved information items, wherein a higher relevance score indicates that the information item will assist the recipient user in the future interaction with the target user; ranking the information items according to their relevance scores; selecting one or more information items based on the ranking to provide to the recipient user regarding the target user; and sending the selected information items for display to the recipient user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
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maintain information for a plurality of users of a social networking system, the plurality of users comprising a recipient user and a target user; predict a future interaction between the recipient user and the target user; responsive to predicting the future interaction between the recipient user and the target user; retrieve from the maintained information a plurality of information items containing information about the target user; determine a relevance score for each of the retrieved information items, wherein a higher relevance score indicates that the information item will assist the recipient user in the future interaction with the target user; rank the information items according to their relevance scores; select one or more information items based on the ranking to provide to the recipient user regarding the target user; and send the selected information items for display to the recipient user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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