ADJUSTING SYTEM ACTIONS, USER PROFILES AND CONTENT IN A SOCIAL NETWORK BASED UPON DETECTED SKIPPED RELATIONSHIPS

• US 20170116338A1
• Filed: 10/26/2015
• Published: 04/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hoy, Jeffrey R., Imsdahl, Marit L., Silva, Asima, Brunn, Jonathan F.
• Granted Patent: US 10,565,272 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Adjusting system actions based on an absence of relationship acceptance may include detecting absence of connection acceptance by one or more first users in a computer-implemented social networking system. Patterns of the absence of connection acceptance of the one or more first users may be correlated. Users with common patterns of absence of connection acceptance may be clustered into a cluster of users. Absence of connection acceptance by a second user may be detected. Responsive to determining that a pattern of the absence of connection acceptance associated with the second user matches with the common patterns, a profile associated with the second user may be updated according to a template profile associated with the cluster. System actions of the social networking system may be activated for the second user based on the profile updated according to the template profile.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of adjusting system actions based on an absence of relationship acceptance, comprising executing on a processor:

detecting absence of connection acceptance by one or more first users in a computer-implemented social networking system;

correlating patterns of the absence of connection acceptance of the one or more first users;

clustering users with common patterns of absence of connection acceptance into a cluster of users;

detecting absence of connection acceptance by a second user;

responsive to determining that a pattern of the absence of connection acceptance associated with the second user matches with the common patterns, updating a profile associated with the second user according to a template profile associated with the cluster; and

activating system actions of the social networking system for the second user based on the profile updated according to the template profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the system actions comprises recommending connections and displaying customized content.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a cause of the skipped relationship.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising applying the cause to the users in the cluster.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising modifying the system actions based on the cause.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the system actions comprise updating a set of users likely to connect with and a set of user likely to be skipped based on the determined cause.

7. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of adjusting system actions based on an absence of relationship acceptance, the method comprising:

detecting absence of connection acceptance by one or more first users in a computer-implemented social networking system;

correlating patterns of the absence of connection acceptance of the one or more first users;

clustering users with common patterns of absence of connection acceptance into a cluster of users;

detecting absence of connection acceptance by a second user;

responsive to determining that a pattern of the absence of connection acceptance associated with the second user matches with the common patterns, updating a profile associated with the second user according to a template profile associated with the cluster; and

activating system actions of the social networking system for the second user based on the profile updated according to the template profile.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the system actions comprises recommending connections and displaying customized content.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, further comprising determining a cause of the skipped relationship.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising applying the cause to the users in the cluster.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising modifying the system actions based on the cause.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the system actions comprise updating a set of users likely to connect with and a set of user likely to be skipped based on the determined cause.

13. A system for adjusting system actions based on an absence of relationship acceptance, comprising:

a storage device; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the storage device, one or more of the processors operable to detect absence of connection acceptance by one or more first users in a computer-implemented social networking system,

one or more of the processors further operable to correlate patterns of the absence of connection acceptance of the one or more first users,

one or more of the processor further operable to cluster users with common patterns of absence of connection acceptance into a cluster of users,

one or more of the processor further operable to detect absence of connection acceptance by a second user,

responsive to determining that a pattern of the absence of connection acceptance associated with the second user matches with the common patterns, one or more of the processor further operable to further operable to update a profile associated with the second user according to a template profile associated with the cluster,

one or more of the processor further operable to activate system actions of the social networking system for the second user based on the profile updated according to the template profile.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the system actions comprises recommending connections and displaying customized content.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein one or more of the processor is further operable to determine a cause of the skipped relationship.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein one or more of the processor is further operable to apply the cause to the users in the cluster.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein one or more of the processor is further operable to modify the system actions based on the cause.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the system actions comprise updating a set of users likely to connect with and a set of user likely to be skipped based on the determined cause.