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Grouping Recommended Search Queries on Online Social Networks

  • US 20150178283A1
  • Filed: 04/22/2014
  • Published: 06/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising, by a computing device:

  • accessing a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, each of the edges between two of the nodes representing a single degree of separation between them, the nodes comprising;

    a first node corresponding to a first user associated with an online social network; and

    a plurality of second nodes that each correspond to a concept or a second user associated with the online social network;

    generating a plurality of cards, each card comprising a suggested query referencing a query-domain associated with the online social network and zero or more query-filters for the query-domain, wherein each query-filter references one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes or one or more edges of the plurality of edges;

    calculating a card-affinity for each card of the plurality of cards with respect to the other cards of the plurality of cards;

    generating one or more card clusters from the plurality of cards, each card cluster comprising one or more cards that each have a card-affinity with respect to the other cards in the card cluster that is greater than a threshold card-affinity; and

    sending one or more card clusters to the first user for display on a page currently accessed by the first user.

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