Identifying a discussion topic based on user interest information
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving interest information associated with a user;
associating the user with a first topic based on the interest information;
inviting the user to participate in a first communication exchange relating to the first topic, the first communication exchange including a plurality of participants associated with an ongoing discussion of the first topic;
analyzing, by one or more processing devices, the ongoing discussion of the first topic;
creating, based at least in part on the analysis of the ongoing discussion of the first topic, a second communication exchange relating to a second topic that is associated with the first topic; and
inviting the user and a subset of the plurality of participants to participate in the second communication exchange.
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Abstract
Functionality is described for identifying a discussion topic based on user interest information. The user interest information may originate from one or more sources, such as the user'"'"'s search-related behavior. The functionality then provides an opportunity for the user to engage in a communication exchange associated with the identified discussion topic.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving interest information associated with a user; associating the user with a first topic based on the interest information; inviting the user to participate in a first communication exchange relating to the first topic, the first communication exchange including a plurality of participants associated with an ongoing discussion of the first topic; analyzing, by one or more processing devices, the ongoing discussion of the first topic; creating, based at least in part on the analysis of the ongoing discussion of the first topic, a second communication exchange relating to a second topic that is associated with the first topic; and inviting the user and a subset of the plurality of participants to participate in the second communication exchange. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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7. A system comprising:
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one or more processing devices; and one or more storage devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, configure one or more computing devices to; receive items from a plurality of users; determine that the items are related and that the plurality of users have a common interest in a same topic; create a communications exchange group based on determining that the items are related and that the plurality of users have the common interest in the same topic; and invite the plurality of user to participate in the communications exchange group to discuss the same topic. - View Dependent Claims (8, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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one or more processing devices; one or more storage devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, configure one or more computing devices to; receive interest information associated with a user; associate the user with a first topic based on the interest information; invite the user to participate in a first communication exchange relating to the first topic, the first communication exchange including a plurality of participants associated with an ongoing discussion of the first topic; analyze the ongoing discussion of the first topic; create, based at least in part on the analysis of the ongoing discussion of the first topic, a second communication exchange relating to a second topic that is associated with the first topic; and invite the user and a subset of the plurality of participants to participate in the second communication exchange. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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