Assigning classes to users of an online community

• US 8,977,654 B1
• Filed: 09/21/2012
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Buyukkokten, Orkut
• Primary Examiner(s): Chbouki, Tarek
• Application Number:
  US13/624,585
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/802
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/313 Selection or weighting of terms for indexing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/353 into predefined classes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

This technology is directed to determining a character or personality characteristic for users of an online community, for example, a social network, and assigning a character or personality class to the users. In some instances, the systems and methods may determine the character or personality characteristic either implicitly from user data or actions etc., or explicitly, by providing users with a personality survey or questionnaire to solicit responses. The system and methods assign a suitable character or personality class to the users based on the character and personality characteristic determined for the users, and generate at least one of a class description, a career profile, and a relationship profile for the users, and provide data including the class description, career profile, and the relationship profile capable of being displayed on a user interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method executed on one or more computing devices, comprising:

determining, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a personality characteristic of a user profile associated with a user within an online community, wherein the personality characteristic is determined from at least one of multiple sources;

assigning, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a class to the user profile, based at least in part on, the personality characteristic and incorporating in the class one or more specific skills and a skill level of the user;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a class description for the class assigned to the user profile;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a career profile associated with the user profile to designate at least a career prospect, personality information and an ideal working environment description, based at least in part on, the class assigned to the user profile;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a relationship profile associated with the user profile for at least two users, based at least in part on, the class assigned to the user profile associated with each of the two users, the relationship profile including a compatibility score, a relationship description, and a list of common interests; and

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, user data including the class description and a report with the career profile and the relationship profile capable of being displayed in one or more user interfaces.

2. A computer-implemented method executed on one or more computing devices, the method comprising:

determining, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a personality characteristic of a user profile associated with a user within an online community, from one or more sources;

assigning, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a class to the user profile, based at least in part on, the personality characteristic of the user profile and incorporating in the class one or more specific skills and a skill level of the user;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a class description of the class, based at least in part on, the personality characteristic and the skill level;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a career profile for the user to designate at least a career prospect, personality information and an ideal working environment description, based at least in part on, the class assigned to the user profile;

generating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a relationship profile associated with the user profile for at least two users, based at least in part on, the class assigned to the user profile associated with each of the two users, the relationship profile including a compatibility score, a relationship description, and a list of common interests; and

providing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, data including the class description and the career profile to at least certain user interfaces for display and data including the class description and the relationship profile to at least certain other user interfaces for display.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2, wherein the one or more sources include a personality questionnaire provided to the user and the class assigned to the user profile associated with the user is based at least in part on, responses obtained from the user.

4. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2,

wherein the skill level reflects improvement by further use and study with respect to the one or more specific skills, which enhance the properties of the class;

and

wherein assigning the class to the user profile is based at least in part on the skill level.

5. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2,

wherein the relationship profile for at least two users is generated, based at least in part on, responses obtained from the at least two users.

6. The computer-implemented method according to claim 5, wherein the relationship profile includes the compatibility score for the at least two users and the class and one or more additional attributes of the two users is used to further provide compatibility indications in reports generated for the two users.

7. The computer-implemented method according to claim 5, wherein the the relationship description is based at least in part on the user profile, personality and class information for a particular user.

8. The computer-implemented method according to claim 5, wherein the relationship profile includes the list of common interests for the at least two users and the common interests are indicated in relation to compatibility of two users to work together.

9. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2, further comprising:

generating a personality score for one or more personality variables relating to the personality characteristic.

10. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2, wherein the class is selected from a predetermined number of classes.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the processor and memory are communicatively coupled and further comprise;

a personality questionnaire module configured to determine a personality characteristic for one or more users of an online community from one or more sources;

a class assignment module configured to assign a class to the one or more users, based at least in part on, the personality characteristic and incorporating in the class one or more specific skills and a skill level of the user;

a class description module configured to generate a class description, based at least in part on, the class assigned to the one or more users;

a career profile module configured to generate a career profile for the one or more users to designate at least a career prospect, personality information and an ideal working environment description, based at least in part on, the class assigned to the one or more users;

a relationship profile module configured to generate a relationship profile associated with the user profile for at least two users, based at least in part on, the class assigned to the user profile associated with each of the two users, the relationship profile including a compatibility score, a relationship description, and a list of common interests; and

a user interface module configured to provide data including the class description and the career profile to certain user interfaces for display and data including the class description and the relationship profile to certain other users for display.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the one or more sources include a personality questionnaire provided to the one or more users to obtain responses.

13. The system according to claim 11,

wherein the skill level reflects improvement by further use and study with respect to the one or more specific skills, which enhance properties of the class.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein assigning the class to the one or more users is based at least in part on the determined level.

15. The system according to claim 13, wherein the one or more sources include at least one of user actions and user connections of the one or more users in the online community.

16. The system according to claim 11:

wherein the relationship profile module is configured to generate the compatibility score based on similarities among questionnaire answers by users and other information.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the compatibility scoring and the class and one or more additional attributes of the two users is used to further provide compatibility indications in reports generated for the two users.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein the relationship description is based at least in part on the user profile, personality and class information for a particular user.

19. The system according to claim 16, wherein the common interests of the at least two of the one or more users are indicated in relation to compatibility of two users to work together.

20. The system according to claim 11, wherein the personality questionnaire module is further configured to generate a personality score for one or more personality variables, based at least in part on, responses obtained from the one or more users.