Methods for presenting online advertising at a social network site based on user interests
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1. A method utilizing a computing system for presenting advertising content to a user at a social networking website, wherein the method comprises:
- (a) collecting and processing, by the computing system, ratings data provided explicitly by a first member of a social network within an electronic interface at the social network website including;
i) ratings specified by the first member for first items and/or topics of interest to the first member; and
ii) ratings specified by the first member for one or more first webpages, wherein the ratings indicate a high level of interest of the first member in the first items and/or topics and the one or more first webpages;
(b)(1) using a natural language classifier running on the computing system;
(i) mapping the first items and/or topics of interest and the one or more first webpages rated by the first member to a first set of words and/or phrases, and(ii) identifying a second set of items and/or topics that is also logically linked by the natural language classifier to the first set of words and/or phrases based on a correlation derived from an analysis of a text corpus associated with the second set of items and/or topics;
(b)(2) predicting at least a selected subset of items and/or topics of the second set of items and/or topics that would be of interest to the first member using a recommendation system;
(c) generating and storing first member profile data within the computing system based on the ratings data, the first member profile data including information relating to both of the first items and/or topics and the at least selected subset of items and/or topics;
(d) presenting advertisements by the computing system to the first member within the electronic interface at the social network site based on a correlation between keywords specified for the advertisements and the information for both the first items and/or topics and the at least selected subset of items and/or topics associated with the first member profile data.
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Abstract
An advertising system generates customized advertising for social network members. The ads results are personalized based on members'"'"' explicit and implicit interests derived from user actions, content selections, etc.
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18 Claims
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1. A method utilizing a computing system for presenting advertising content to a user at a social networking website, wherein the method comprises:
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(a) collecting and processing, by the computing system, ratings data provided explicitly by a first member of a social network within an electronic interface at the social network website including; i) ratings specified by the first member for first items and/or topics of interest to the first member; and ii) ratings specified by the first member for one or more first webpages, wherein the ratings indicate a high level of interest of the first member in the first items and/or topics and the one or more first webpages; (b)(1) using a natural language classifier running on the computing system; (i) mapping the first items and/or topics of interest and the one or more first webpages rated by the first member to a first set of words and/or phrases, and (ii) identifying a second set of items and/or topics that is also logically linked by the natural language classifier to the first set of words and/or phrases based on a correlation derived from an analysis of a text corpus associated with the second set of items and/or topics; (b)(2) predicting at least a selected subset of items and/or topics of the second set of items and/or topics that would be of interest to the first member using a recommendation system; (c) generating and storing first member profile data within the computing system based on the ratings data, the first member profile data including information relating to both of the first items and/or topics and the at least selected subset of items and/or topics; (d) presenting advertisements by the computing system to the first member within the electronic interface at the social network site based on a correlation between keywords specified for the advertisements and the information for both the first items and/or topics and the at least selected subset of items and/or topics associated with the first member profile data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method utilizing a computing system for presenting advertising content to a user at a social networking site, wherein the method comprises:
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(a) processing content provided explicitly by a first member of a social network within an electronic interface at the social network website to identify first member interest data; (b) processing first ratings data provided explicitly by the first member within the electronic interface at the social network website including; i) ratings for content posted by other members of the social network; ii) ratings for items endorsed by the first member; iii) ratings for topics endorsed by the first member; and iv) ratings for webpages endorsed by the first member; (c)(1) using natural language classifier running on the computing system, mapping a first set of words and/or phrases in content provided explicitly by the first member and a second set of words or phrases associated with the content posted by the other members of the social network, wherein the ratings of the items, the topics, and the webpages indicate a high level of interest of the first member in one or more predefined concepts and/or topics; (c)(2) predicting at least a selected subset of the one or more predefined concepts and/or topics that would be of interest to the first member using a recommendation system; d) generating and storing first member profile data within the computing system based on the first member interest data and the first ratings data, the first member profile data including at least an indication of the at least selected subset of the one or more predefined concepts and/or topics; and (e) presenting advertisements by the computing system to the first member within the electronic interface at the social network site based on a correlation between keywords for the advertisements and the at least selected subset of the one or more predefined concepts or topics of the first member profile data.
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