Methods and systems for recommending a context based on content interaction
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- within a social network service environment, monitoring for and detecting a user-initiated interaction with a web document by a user, the web document having a Universal Resource Identifier (URI);
identifying one or more topics to which the web document relates;
in response to identifying a single topic to which the web document relates;
identifying a single, existing forum of potential interest to the user, the single, existing forum being associated with the identified, single topic; and
recommending the single, existing forum of potential interest to the user; and
in response to identifying more than one topic to which the web document relates;
identifying more than one existing forums of potential interest to the user, each more than one existing forum being associated with at least one topic selected from the identified more than one topic to which the web document relates;
identifying a plurality of persons to whom the user has a relationship with, as defined by the social network service environment;
determining which of the existing more than one forums to recommend based on activities of selected ones of the identified plurality of persons; and
recommending the determined one or more forums to the user.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for recommending a context to a user of a social network service, based on detecting an interaction with some item of web content. With some embodiments, after detecting an interaction with a web document, a topic to which the web document is related is determined. A context, such as an online or offline forum, known to be associated with the topic is then identified. Finally, the identified context is presented to the user as a recommendation for a content source that is likely to be of interest to the user.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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within a social network service environment, monitoring for and detecting a user-initiated interaction with a web document by a user, the web document having a Universal Resource Identifier (URI); identifying one or more topics to which the web document relates; in response to identifying a single topic to which the web document relates; identifying a single, existing forum of potential interest to the user, the single, existing forum being associated with the identified, single topic; and recommending the single, existing forum of potential interest to the user; and in response to identifying more than one topic to which the web document relates; identifying more than one existing forums of potential interest to the user, each more than one existing forum being associated with at least one topic selected from the identified more than one topic to which the web document relates; identifying a plurality of persons to whom the user has a relationship with, as defined by the social network service environment; determining which of the existing more than one forums to recommend based on activities of selected ones of the identified plurality of persons; and recommending the determined one or more forums to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A server comprising:
a processor to execute instructions stored in memory, the instructions, when executed by the processor, to cause the server to; monitor for and detect a user-initiated interaction associated with a web document by a user, the web document having a Universal Resource Identifier (URI); identify one or more topics to which the web document relates; in response to identifying a single topic to which the web document relates; identify a single, existing forum of potential interest to the user, the single, existing forum being associated with the identified, single topic; and recommend the single, existing forum of potential interest to the user; and in response to identifying more than one topic to which the web document relates; identify more than one existing forums of potential interest to the user who initiated the interaction with the web document, each more than one existing forum being associated with at least one topic selected from the identified more than one topic; identify a plurality of persons to whom the user has a relationship with, as defined by the social network service environment; determine which of the existing more than one forums to recommend based on activities of selected ones of the identified plurality of persons; and recommend the determined one or more forums to the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for operating a social networking service, the system comprising:
a processor for executing instructions stored in a memory component, the instructions representing modules, including; a document interaction detection module to monitor for and detect a user-initiated interaction with a web document by a user, the web document having a Universal Resource Identifier (URI); a topic identifier module to identify one or more topics to which the web document relates; a content personalization module to; in response to the topic identifier identifying a single topic to which the web document relates; identify a single, existing forum of potential interest to the user, the single, existing forum being associated with the identified, single topic; and recommend the single, existing forum of potential interest to the user; and in response to the topic identifier identifying more than one topic to which the web document relates; identify more than one existing forums of potential interest to the user who initiated the interaction with the web document, each more than one forum being associated with at least one topic selected from the identified more than one topic; identify a plurality of persons to whom the user has a relationship with, as defined by the social network service environment; determine which of the existing more than one forums to recommend based on activities of selected ones of the identified plurality of persons; and recommend the determined one or more forums to the user.
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