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PARTICIPANT SUGGESTION SYSTEM

  • US 20150195220A1
  • Filed: 04/29/2010
  • Published: 07/09/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • at a computing system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors so as to perform the method of;

    identifying an ongoing conversation including a first user and a second user, whereinboth the first user and the second user are conversation participants; and

    in the conversation, the first user has delivered at least one message to the second user;

    generating, without user intervention, a conversation profile for the ongoing conversation based on(i) content of one or more messages in the ongoing conversation and(ii) user-specific term weights for at least a plurality of terms in the content of the one or more messages, wherein the user-specific term weights correspond to the first user;

    using content of other conversations in which the first user is a participant to generate user profiles of other users, wherein the user profiles are further individualized to the first user based on the user-specific term weights corresponding to the first user;

    comparing the generated user profiles to the generated conversation profile to identify a third user whose generated user profile matches the conversation profile to a threshold degree;

    generating, without user intervention, a suggestion for the first user to add the third user to the ongoing conversation; and

    formatting the suggestion for display to the first user.

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