AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION FROM LABOR MARKET DATA

• US 20170213295A1
• Filed: 01/26/2016
• Published: 07/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Linkedln Corporation
• Inventors: Kritzer, Andrew H., Zhang, Boyu, Schmidt, Christine Eve, Gan, Link, Tong, Kuisong, Murthy, Sohan Rajpanth
• Granted Patent: US 10,455,032 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/334 Query execution G06F16/335 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9024 Graphs; Linked lists G06F16/9027 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

This disclosure is directed to a social networking server that includes different engines and databases to support the generation of visually meaningful electronic presentations that present member-provided data in one or more graphical and understandable charts and graphs. An electronic presentation includes one or more electronic documents where various ones of the electronic documents are generated from templates that specify the “look-and-feel” for a given type of electronic document. Rather than having to manually enter and design graphs and charts to present member-provided data in a meaningful way, the social networking server leverages the stored electronic document templates to create these charts and graphs. However, as there may be multiple systems involved in creating a given type of chart or graph, the social networking server is tasked with coordinating the efforts of these different systems.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a machine-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions; and

at least one hardware processor communicatively coupled to the machine-readable medium that, when the computer-executable instructions are executed, the at least one hardware processor is configured to;

receive a plurality of user selections, the user selections specifying labor market options for generating an electronic presentation incorporating labor market information corresponding to the plurality of user selections;

identify a plurality of member profiles of a social networking service using at least one of the plurality of user selections, each member profile corresponding to an individual member of the social networking service;

identify a plurality of organization profiles of the social networking service using the at least one of the plurality of user selections, each organization profile corresponding to an organizational member of the social networking service;

extract a first plurality of attribute values from the plurality of member profiles and a second plurality of attribute values from the plurality of organization profiles, the first plurality and second plurality of attribute values based on at least one of the received plurality of user selections;

determine a plurality of member metric values from the first plurality of attribute values and a plurality of organization metric values from the second plurality of attribute values, at least one of the member metric values being associated with a first economic category that relates to at least one of the plurality of user selections and at least one of the organization metric values being associated with a second economic category that relates to at least one of the plurality of user selections;

generate a first chart incorporating at least one member metric value, the first chart being generated according to a first chart template defining the first chart;

generate a second chart incorporating at least one organization metric value, the second chart being generated according to a second chart template defining the second chart;

generate an electronic presentations that incorporates the first generated chart and the second generated chart; and

communicate the generated electronic presentation for display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic presentation is associated with a plurality of chart templates, wherein the plurality of chart templates defines different types of chart for inclusion in the electronic presentation.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic presentation comprises a first portion associated with the first economic category and a second portion associated with the second economic category.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of attribute values comprises one or more skill attribute values, one or more educational attribute values, and one or more employment history attribute values.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second plurality of attribute values comprises a number of employees employed at an organization corresponding to at least one of the attribute values selected from the second plurality of attribute values.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user selections comprises a template option indicating a type of electronic presentation to generate, a location option indicating a geographic location from which to identify the plurality of member profiles and the plurality of organization profiles, and a date option indicating a boundary for using the first plurality of attribute values or the second plurality of attribute values.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first chart comprises a graphical visualization of at least one type of attribute value selected from the first plurality of attribute values.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, by at least one hardware processor, a plurality of user selections, the user selections specifying labor market options for generating an electronic presentation incorporating labor market information corresponding to the plurality of user selections;

identifying, by at least one hardware processor, a plurality of member profiles of a social networking service using at least one of the plurality of user selections, each member profile corresponding to an individual member of the social networking service;

identifying, by at least one hardware processor, a plurality of organization profiles of the social networking service using the at least one of the plurality of user selections, each organization profile corresponding to an organizational member of the social networking service;

extracting, by at least one hardware processor, a first plurality of attribute values from the plurality of member profiles and a second plurality of attribute values from the plurality of organization profiles, the first plurality and second plurality of attribute values based on at least one of the received plurality of user selections;

determining, by at least one hardware processor, a plurality of member metric values from the first plurality of attribute values and a plurality of organization metric values from the second plurality of attribute values, at least one of the member metric values being associated with a first economic category that relates to at least one of the plurality of user selections and at least one of the organization metric values being associated with a second economic category that relates to at least one of the plurality of user selections;

generating, by at least one hardware processor, a first chart incorporating at least one member metric value, the first chart being generated according to a first chart template defining the first chart;

generating, by at least one hardware processor, a second chart incorporating at least one organization metric value, the second chart being generated according to a second chart template defining the second chart;

generating, by at least one hardware processor, an electronic presentation that incorporates the first generated chart and the second generated chart; and

communicating, by at least one communication interface, the generated electronic presentation for display.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the electronic presentation is associated with a plurality of chart templates, wherein the plurality of chart templates define different types of chart for inclusion in the electronic presentation.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the electronic presentation comprises a first portion associated with the first economic category and a second portion associated with the second economic category.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first plurality of attribute values comprises one or more skill attribute values, one or more educational attribute values, and one or more employment history attribute values.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the second plurality of attribute values comprises a number of employees employed at an organization corresponding to at least one of the attribute values selected from the second plurality of attribute values.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of user selections comprises a template option indicating a type of electronic presentation to generate, a location option indicating a geographic location from which to identify the plurality of member profiles and the plurality of organization profiles, and a date option indicating a boundary for using the first plurality of attribute values or the second plurality of attribute values.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the first chart comprises a graphical visualization of at least one type of attribute value selected from the first plurality of attribute values.

15. A machine-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, causes the at least one hardware processor to perform a plurality of operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of user selections, the user selections specifying labor market options for generating an electronic presentation incorporating labor market information corresponding to the plurality of user selections;

identifying a plurality of member profiles of a social networking service using at least one of the plurality of user selections, each member profile corresponding to an individual member of the social networking service;

identifying a plurality of organization profiles of the social networking service using the at least one of the plurality of user selections, each organization profile corresponding to an organizational member of the social networking service;

extracting a first plurality of attribute values from the plurality of member profiles and a second plurality of attribute values from the plurality of organization profiles, the first plurality and second plurality of attribute values based on at least one of the received plurality of user selections;

determining a plurality of member metric values from the first plurality of attribute values and a plurality of organization metric values from the second plurality of attribute values, at least one of the member metric values being associated with a first economic category that relates to at least one of the plurality of user selections and at least one of the organization metric values being associated with a second economic category that relates to at least one of the plurality of user selections;

generating a first chart incorporating at least one member metric value, the first chart being generated according to a first chart template defining the first chart;

generating a second chart incorporating at least one organization metric value, the second chart being generated according to a second chart template defining the second chart;

generating an electronic presentation that incorporates the first generated chart and the second generated chart; and

communicating the generated electronic presentation for display.

16. The machine readable-medium of claim 15, wherein the electronic presentation is associated with a plurality of chart templates, wherein the plurality of chart templates defines different types of chart for inclusion in the electronic presentation.

17. The machine readable-medium of claim 15, wherein the electronic presentation comprises a first portion associated with the first economic category and a second portion associated with the second economic category.

18. The machine readable-medium of claim 15, wherein the first plurality of attribute values comprises one or more skill attribute values, one or more educational attribute values, and one or more employment history attribute values.

19. The machine readable-medium of claim 15, wherein the second plurality of attribute values comprises a number of employees employed at an organization corresponding to at least one of the attribute values selected from the second plurality of attribute values.

20. The machine readable-medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of user selections comprises a template option indicating a type of electronic presentation to generate, a location option indicating a geographic location from which to identify the plurality of member profiles and the plurality of organization profiles, and a date option indicating a boundary for using the first plurality of attribute values or the second plurality of attribute values.