PROCESSING A FILE TO GENERATE A RECOMMENDATION USING A DATABASE SYSTEM

• US 20160371270A1
• Filed: 06/16/2015
• Published: 12/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Crosby, Jed
• Granted Patent: US 10,210,218 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/332 Query formulation

Abstract

Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for processing a file to generate a recommendation using a database system. A database can be maintained. The database can store data objects identifying historical keywords for a user and weights associated with the historical keywords. Information identifying a file can be received. The file can be processed to extract file keywords. A query attribute can be generated based on the historical keywords, the file keywords, and the weights. It can be determined that the query attribute conforms to a designated characteristic associated with the user. Data indicating a recommendation of the file can be generated in response to determining that the query attribute conforms to the designated characteristic. The data indicating the recommendation can be provided as at least a portion of a feed item of a feed of a social networking system. The feed can be displayed in a user interface on a display device associated with a user of the social networking system.

Claims

1. A system for processing a file to generate a recommendation, the system comprising:

a database storing data objects identifying historical keywords for a user and weights associated with the historical keywords; and

one or more servers in communication with the database, the one or more servers comprising one or more processors operable to cause;

processing, responsive to receiving information identifying a file, the file to extract file keywords to be associated with the file;

generating a query attribute based on the historical keywords, the file keywords, and the weights;

determining that the query attribute conforms to a designated characteristic associated with the user;

generating, responsive to determining that the query attribute conforms to the designated characteristic, data indicating a recommendation of the file;

providing the data indicating the recommendation as at least a portion of a feed item of a feed of a social networking system, the feed item configured to be stored in a database; and

displaying the feed in a user interface on a display device associated with a user of the social networking system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the query attribute comprises a query score based on a comparison, using the weights, of the file keywords to the historical keywords.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein determining that the query attribute conforms to the designated characteristic comprises determining that the query score is greater than a query score threshold.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the designated characteristic is based on one or both of:

an interaction history associated with the user or one or more of the file keywords.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein a relative value of one or more of the weights is configured to decay based on a passage of time.

6. The system of claim 1, the one or more processors further operable to cause:

determining a position within an organizational hierarchy associated with a further user corresponding to the file; and

wherein;

the query attribute is based on the position within the organizational hierarchy associated with the further user.

7. The system of claim 1, the one or more processors further operable to cause:

determining that the file is not a private file; and

wherein;

the data indicating the recommendation of the file is generated responsive to determining that the file is not a private file.

8. The system of claim 1, the one or more processors further operable to cause:

determining that the user has selected to receive recommendations; and

wherein;

the data indicating the recommendation of the file is generated responsive to determining that the user has selected to receive recommendations.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the historical keywords are based on one or more of:

a search history, a comment, a like, an edit to a document, an upload, or a republication of a file.

10. A method for processing a file to generate a recommendation using a database system, the method comprising:

maintaining, using the database system, a database storing data objects identifying historical keywords for a user and weights associated with the historical keywords;

receiving information identifying a file configured to be stored in a database of the database system;

processing, by the database system, the file to extract file keywords to be associated with the file;

generating, by the database system, a query attribute based on the historical keywords, the file keywords, and the weights;

determining, by the database system, that the query attribute conforms to a designated characteristic associated with the user;

generating, responsive to determining that the query attribute conforms to the designated characteristic, data indicating a recommendation of the file;

providing the data indicating the recommendation as at least a portion of a feed item of a feed of a social networking system, the feed item configured to be stored in a database of the database system; and

displaying the feed in a user interface on a display device associated with a user of the social networking system.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the query attribute comprises a query score based on a comparison, using the weights, of the file keywords to the historical keywords.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining that the query attribute conforms to the designated characteristic comprises determining that the query score is greater than a query score threshold.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the designated characteristic is based on one or both of:

an interaction history associated with the user or one or more of the file keywords.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein a relative value of one or more of the weights is configured to decay based on a passage of time.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining a position within an organizational hierarchy associated with a further user corresponding to the file; and

wherein;

the query attribute is based on the position within the organizational hierarchy associated with the further user.

16. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code to be executed by one or more processors when retrieved from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code including instructions configured to cause:

maintaining, using a database system, a database storing data objects identifying historical keywords for a user and weights associated with the historical keywords;

processing, by the database system, responsive to receiving information identifying a file, the file to extract file keywords to be associated with the file;

generating, by the database system, a query attribute based on the historical keywords, the file keywords, and the weights;

determining, by the database system, that the query attribute conforms to a designated characteristic associated with the user;

generating, responsive to determining that the query attribute conforms to the designated characteristic, data indicating a recommendation of the file;

providing the data indicating the recommendation as at least a portion of a feed item of a feed of a social networking system, the feed item configured to be stored in a database of the database system; and

displaying the feed in a user interface on a display device associated with a user of the social networking system.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the query attribute comprises a query score based on a comparison, using the weights, of the file keywords to the historical keywords.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein determining that the query attribute conforms to the designated characteristic comprises determining that the query score is greater than a query score threshold.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the designated characteristic is based on one or both of:

an interaction history associated with the user or one or more of the file keywords.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein a relative value of one or more of the weights is configured to decay based on a passage of time.