Methods for providing a profile completion recommendation module

• US 9,298,763 B1
• Filed: 03/05/2014
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Zack, Shenaz, Nagaraj, Karthik Murili, Cattell, Eric, Patel, Snehal, Bacharach, Barbara Veloso
• Primary Examiner(s): Stevens, Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/198,445
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• Field of Search: 707/736
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification

Abstract

A method for completing profile of a user includes detecting user interactions at a property page. The user interactions may include social interactions and service-specific interactions. The user interactions are analyzed to determine the context of the interaction and/or data content associated with the user or friends of the user. User profile information is examined to determine which fields need to be filled and which fields need to be updated. Based on the examination of the user profile information and the analysis of the user interactions, a query/suggestion is presented in a user interface and is related to a specific field of the user profile that is to be filled. Response to the query/suggestion at the user interface is monitored and used to update the appropriate field in the user profile.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a processor, user interaction on a property page, the property page used in accessing a user account of a user;

analyzing, by the processor, user interaction at the property page to obtain contextual information of the user interaction;

examining, by the processor, user profile data of the user to identify a field of information that needs to be updated, the identified field of information related to the contextual information obtained from the user interaction;

generating, by the processor, a query for the field of information that needs updating, the query constructed using the contextual information obtained from the analysis, the query presented in a user interface at a client device used to access the user account, for user action; and

updating, by the processor, the field of information within the user profile data with information obtained from the user interface based on the user action to the query, wherein the updating adds to the user profile data of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction is associated with the user accessing the property page or is associated with other users providing content for the property page.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the query is presented in a user interface on the property page.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction is obtained from one or more properties hosted within an entity that hosts the property page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction is obtained from one or more properties hosted on entities other than the entity that hosts the property page, the user interactions obtained using an application programming interface (API).

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the contextual information collected through the API includes information that is made public by the user.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the contextual information collected through the API includes information shared by the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the query on the user interface further includes presenting one or more incentives to a user for responding to the query.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the incentives are provided as any one of a discount offer, information related to a promotional event, information related to an event corresponding to one or more user profile data, product discount, monetary offer, or any combinations thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein updating further includes,

validating the information obtained from the user action at the user interface prior to updating the user profile data, wherein the validation is performed using attributes of the client device or information from the user profile data.

11. A method, comprising:

analyzing, by a processor, social interaction content from a social media stream associated with a user account to identify contextual information related to the social interaction content;

determining, by the processor, a field within a profile of a user that needs to be filled, the user associated with the user account, wherein the field is related to contextual information obtained from the analysis of the social interaction content;

generating, by the processor, a user interface with a suggestion related to the field, based on the analysis, the suggestion including contextual information of the social interaction content and a suggested user action to be performed for the suggestion, the generated user interface presented for user action; and

updating, by the processor, the field within the user'"'"'s profile with information from the user interface, based on the user action to the suggestion, the updating adds to the user'"'"'s profile.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the user is authenticated using an authentication interface, the user provided access to the user account on a social network upon successful user authentication.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the social interaction content is obtained from one or more properties hosted within an entity hosting a social network.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the social interaction content is obtained from one or more properties hosted on entities other than an entity hosting a social network, the social interaction content obtained using an application programming interface (API).

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more properties hosted on different entities are accessed through a property within the entity hosting a social network.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the properties include any one of an application, a service or a webpage used for any one of exchanging, receiving, generating or accessing the social interaction content.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the social interaction content collected through the API includes content that is made public by the user.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the social interaction content collected through the API includes information shared by the user.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

detecting, by the processor, user interaction on a property page, the property page used in accessing a user account of a user;

analyzing, by the processor, user interaction at the property page to obtain contextual information of the user interaction;

examining, by the processor, user profile data of the user to identify a field of information that needs to be updated, the identified field of information related to the contextual information obtained from the user interaction;

generating, by the processor, a query for the field of information that needs updating, the query constructed using the contextual information obtained from the analysis, the query presented in a user interface at a client device used to access the user account, for user action; and

updating, by the processor, the field of information within the user profile data with information obtained from the user interface based on the user action to the query, wherein the updating adds to the user profile data of the user.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein for the operations further comprise presenting one or more incentives to a user for responding to the query,

wherein the incentives are provided as any one of a discount offer, information related to a promotional event, information related to an event corresponding to one or more user profile data, product discount, monetary offer, or any combinations thereof.