CAROUSEL OF THE NEW

• US 20120066618A1
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Linkedln Corporation
• Inventors: Richards, James, Meridian, Julie, Barker, Adam, McCarthy, Ian, Brough, Hans, Kristian, John, Powers, Jason
• Granted Patent: US 8,732,590 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1805 Append-only file systems, e.g. using logs or journals to store data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1834 implemented based on peer-to-peer networks, e.g. gnutella p2p communication protocols H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

In a method of ranking or filtering new content items for presentation to members of a group of users of a social-networking service, content items that are candidates for presentation to the members are received. A user of the social-networking service is enabled to serve as a curator of the candidates, with the enabling including enabling the user to scroll through subsets of the candidates in a carousel user interface to indicate an opinion of the user with respect to an importance to the group of each of one or more candidates. One or more of the candidates are presented to the members of the group based on the opinion of the user with respect to the candidates.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving content items that are candidates for presentation to a member of a group of users of a social-networking service;

enabling a user of the social-networking service to serve as a curator of the candidates, the enabling including presenting the candidates in a carousel user interface, the carousel user interface enabling the user to scroll through subsets of the candidates and to indicate an opinion of the user with respect to an importance to the group of each of one or more of the candidates; and

presenting one or more of the candidates to the member of the group based on the opinion of the user of the importance to the group of each of the one or more candidates.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising prioritizing the candidates for presentation to the user in the carousel user interface based in part on a level of activity of connections of the user with respect to the candidates.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising prioritizing the candidates for presentation to the user in the carousel user interface based in part on a level of importance to the group of each source of the candidates.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the enabling of the user of the social-networking service to serve as the curator of the candidates is dependent upon determining that the user is an additional member of the group.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling an additional user of the social-networking service to serve as an additional curator of the candidates; and

determining a collective opinion of the curator and the additional curator with respect to an importance to the group of each of the one or more candidates.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining of the collective opinion is weighted in favor of the curator based on the curator having a better reputation among the members of the group than the additional curator.

7. A system comprising:

a source engine configured to receive content items that are candidates for presentation to a member of a group of users of a social-networking service;

a curator engine configured to enable a user of the social-networking service to serve as a curator of the candidates, the enabling including using a carousel engine configured to present the candidates in a carousel user interface, the carousel user interface enabling the user to scroll through subsets of the candidates and to indicate an opinion of the user with respect to an importance to the group of each of one or more of the candidates; and

a presentation engine configured to present one or more of the candidates to the member of the group based on the opinion of the user of the importance to the group of each of the one or more candidates.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the carousel engine is further configured to prioritize the candidates for presentation to the user in the carousel user interface based in part on a level of activity of connections of the user with respect to the candidates.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the carousel engine is further configured to prioritize the candidates for presentation to the user in the carousel user interface based in part on a level of importance to the group of each source of the candidates.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the enabling of the user of the social-networking service to serve as the curator of the candidates is dependent upon determining that the user is an additional member of the group.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the curator engine is further configured to:

enable an additional user of the social-networking service to serve as an additional curator of the candidates; and

determine a collective opinion of the curator and the additional curator with respect to an importance to the group of each of the one or more candidates.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining of the collective opinion is weighted in favor of the curator based on the curator having more influence over members of the group than the additional curator.

13. A non-transitory machine readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving content items that are candidates for presentation to a member of a group of users of a social-networking service;

enabling a user of the social-networking service to serve as a curator of the candidates, the enabling including presenting the candidates in a carousel user interface, the carousel user interface enabling the user to scroll through subsets of the candidates and to indicate an opinion of the user with respect to an importance to the group of each of one or more of the candidates; and

presenting one or more of the candidates to the member of the group based on the opinion of the user of the importance to the group of each of the one or more candidates.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13, further comprising prioritizing the candidates for presentation to the user in the carousel user interface based in part on a level of activity of connections of the user with respect to the candidates.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13, further comprising prioritizing the candidates for presentation to the user in the carousel user interface is based in part on a level of importance to the group of each source of the candidates.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein the enabling of the user of the social-networking service to serve as the curator of the candidates is dependent upon determining that the user is an additional member of the group.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

enabling an additional user of the social-networking service to serve as an additional curator of the candidates; and

determining a collective opinion of the curator and the additional curator with respect to an importance to the group of each of the one or more candidates.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein the determining of the collective opinion is weighted in favor of the curator based on the curator having a better reputation among the members of the group than the additional curator.