Dynamically-Sorted Contact Information

• US 20140052742A1
• Filed: 08/20/2012
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Deng, Peter Xiu, Mason, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 10,216,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1061 using node-based peer discovery mechanisms static access to replicated servers H04L67/1006; service discovery H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1072 Discovery involving ranked list compilation of candidate peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

In one embodiment, a computer system accesses for a first user contact information of one or more second users. The computer system then determines one or more contemporaneous attributes of the first user, determines one or more contemporaneous attributes of each of the second users, and then dynamically sorts the contact information of the second users based at least on the contemporaneous attributes of the first user and the contemporaneous attributes of the second users. The computer system then provides the sorted contact information of the second users for display to the first user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

accessing for a first user contact information of a plurality of second users;

determining one or more contemporaneous attributes of the first user;

determining one or more contemporaneous attributes of each of the second users;

dynamically sorting the contact information of the second users based at least on the contemporaneous attributes of the first user and the contemporaneous attributes of the second user; and

providing the contact information of the second users as sorted for display to the first user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more contemporaneous attributes of the first user comprises information describing one or more of the first user'"'"'s:

location;

preferences;

plans;

emotional state;

interactions with a device, applications, or network;

or

individuals or entity in the proximity of the first user'"'"'s location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more contemporaneous attributes of each of the second users comprises information describing one or more of the second user'"'"'s:

location;

preferences;

plans;

emotional state;

interactions with a device, applications, or network;

or

individuals or entity in the proximity of the second user'"'"'s location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second users are users of a social-networking system comprising a graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising user nodes that each correspond to a user of the social-networking system, there being a node in the graph corresponding to the first user, there being a node in the graph corresponding to each of the second users.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein one or more of the contemporaneous attributes of the first and second users are determined from express information associated with:

nodes in the graph corresponding to the first or second users;

or

edges connected to nodes corresponding to the first or second users.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein one or more of the contemporaneous attributes of the first and second users are determined from implicit information inferred from express information associated with:

nodes in the graph corresponding to the first or second users;

or

edges connected to nodes corresponding to the first or second users.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein dynamically sorting the contact information of the second users based at least on the contemporaneous attributes of the first user and the contemporaneous attributes of the second user further comprises sorting based on a degree of similarity between the contemporaneous attributes of the first user and the contemporaneous attributes of the second user.

9. The media of claim 3, wherein the one or more contemporaneous attributes of the first user comprises information describing one or more of the first user'"'"'s:

location;

preferences;

plans;

emotional state;

interactions with a device, applications, or network;

or

individuals or entity in the proximity of the first user'"'"'s location.

8. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

access for a first user contact information of a plurality of second users;

determine one or more contemporaneous attributes of the first user;

determine one or more contemporaneous attributes of each of the second users;

dynamically sort the contact information of the second users based at least on the contemporaneous attributes of the first user and the contemporaneous attributes of the second user; and

provide the contact information of the second users as sorted for display to the first user.

10. The media of claim 8, wherein the one or more contemporaneous attributes of each of the second users comprises information describing one or more of the second user'"'"'s:

location;

preferences;

plans;

emotional state;

interactions with a device, applications, or network;

or

individuals or entity in the proximity of the second user'"'"'s location.

11. The media of claim 8, wherein the first and second users are users of a social-networking system comprising a graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising user nodes that each correspond to a user of the social-networking system, there being a node in the graph corresponding to the first user, there being a node in the graph corresponding to each of the second users.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein one or more of the contemporaneous attributes of the first and second users are determined from express information associated with:

nodes in the graph corresponding to the first or second users;

or

edges connected to nodes corresponding to the first or second users.

13. The media of claim 11, wherein one or more of the contemporaneous attributes of the first and second users are determined from implicit information inferred from express information associated with:

nodes in the graph corresponding to the first or second users;

or

edges connected to nodes corresponding to the first or second users.

14. The media of claim 8, wherein the software is further operable when executed to dynamically sort the contact information of the second users based at least on a degree of similarity between the contemporaneous attributes of the first user and the contemporaneous attributes of the second user.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to;

access for a first user contact information of a plurality of second users;

determine one or more contemporaneous attributes of the first user;

determine one or more contemporaneous attributes of each of the second users;

dynamically sort the contact information of the second users based at least on the contemporaneous attributes of the first user and the contemporaneous attributes of the second user; and

provide the contact information of the second users as sorted for display to the first user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more contemporaneous attributes of the first user comprises information describing one or more of the first user'"'"'s:

location;

preferences;

plans;

emotional state;

interactions with a device, applications, or network;

or

individuals or entity in the proximity of the first user'"'"'s location.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more contemporaneous attributes of each of the second users comprises information describing one or more of the second user'"'"'s:

location;

preferences;

plans;

emotional state;

interactions with a device, applications, or network;

or

individuals or entity in the proximity of the second user'"'"'s location.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the first and second users are users of a social-networking system comprising a graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising user nodes that each correspond to a user of the social-networking system, there being a node in the graph corresponding to the first user, there being a node in the graph corresponding to each of the second users.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein one or more of the contemporaneous attributes of the first and second users are determined from express information associated with:

nodes in the graph corresponding to the first or second users;

or

edges connected to nodes corresponding to the first or second users.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein one or more of the contemporaneous attributes of the first and second users are determined from implicit information inferred from express information associated with:

nodes in the graph corresponding to the first or second users;

or

edges connected to nodes corresponding to the first or second users.