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Recommending resources to members of a social network

  • US 9,661,039 B2
  • Filed: 05/09/2013
  • Issued: 05/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving skill information from a member device of an online social network;

    identifying member identification information of the online social network that is associated with the skill information;

    receiving resource information associated with the identified member identification information of the online social network that identifies one or more resources associated with the skill information;

    generating a list of recommended resources that is based on the resource information associated with the member identification information of the online social network;

    determining a ranking for each of the recommended resources, wherein the ranking is based on attribute information associated with the member identification information of the online social network identifying the resource, wherein the member identification attribute information includes a location, and further wherein the ranking is based on attribute information of the member device including location of the member device; and

    generating the list of recommended resources based on the determined rankings;

    wherein identifying member identification information of the online social network that is associated with the skill information includes identifying member identification information of the online social network based on profile information associated with the member identification information of the online social network.

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