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TAG SUGGESTIONS FOR IMAGES ON ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS

  • US 20150294138A1
  • Filed: 06/23/2015
  • Published: 10/15/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising, by a computing device:

  • receiving an image associated with an online social network, wherein the image portrays at least a first person;

    determining a social-graph affinity for one or more users of the online social network;

    determining, for each of the one or more users, a facial-recognition score with respect to the first person portrayed in the image, wherein the facial-recognition score is based at least in part on;

    the social-graph affinity determined for each user; and

    a facial-representation associated with each user, wherein the facial-representation associated with each user is compared with the image;

    sending, to a client system, one or more tag suggestions for the first person portrayed in the image based on the determined facial-recognition scores, wherein each tag suggestion corresponds to a particular user of the one or more users; and

    tagging the image with a particular user corresponding to a particular tag suggestion responsive to receiving a selection of the particular tag suggestion from the client system.

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