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Using attributes on a social network for decision-making support

  • US 9,407,708 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2012
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a computer processor, from a first member of a social network service who is a first person seeking to hire a candidate, a first set of attributes of a candidate desired as a recommendation for employment;

    searching attributes of the profiles of other members of the social network service for entities having at least some of the first set of attributes;

    presenting to the first member the identity of a plurality of the entities as a recommendation for employment;

    receiving from the first member of the social network service, a second set of attributes, the second set of attributes comprising attributes of a second member of the social network service who is a second person seeking to hire a candidate having at least some of the first set of attributes, the second member qualifying as a member of a peer group for collaboration by discourse on making a decision with respect to the recommendation for employment;

    searching attributes of the profiles of other members of the social network service for second members having at least some of the second set of attributes; and

    presenting to the first member the identity of at least one of the second members as a recommendation for a member of the peer group, wherein the first member is seeking to hire one of the plurality of entities and the discourse is about a decision to hire one of the plurality of entities.

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