Pushing tuning parameters for logical group scoring

• US 8,892,653 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2013
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Mallet, Vincent, Cheng, Jessica, Fiedel, Noah, Gillum, Eric William, Ramanarayanan, Ganesh, Woods, Nicholas James
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Michael C
• Application Number:
  US14/035,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 420 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 707/5, 345/158, 455/456.1, 715/800
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/17306 Intercommunication techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/287 Visualization; Browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/69 using geographic information, e.g. room number
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 : specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 : Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 : User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 : Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 : Processing of subscriber group data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 : Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99954 : Version management

Abstract

Systems and methods for the forming of user device groups are presented. Tuning parameters are pushed to a first user device operated by a first user the tuning parameters specifying weights and/or functions to be applied to data from one or more sensors on the first user device. Tuned data is received from the first user device, the tuned data representing data from the one or more sensors that has been tuned in accordance with the tuning parameters. Then potential membership of the first user in a first group of users is determined based on logical relationship information, by selecting the first group from a plurality of possible groups, the selecting being based on scores generated, for each of the plurality of possible groups, by a candidate scorer module using the tuned data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

accessing logical relationship information describing logical relationships among a plurality of users;

pushing tuning parameters to a first user device operated by a first user, the tuning parameters specifying weights and/or functions to be applied to data previously generated by one or more sensors on the first user device, the one or more sensors indicating various environmental conditions in the vicinity of the first user device;

receiving tuned data from the first user device, the tuned data representing data from the one or more sensors that has been tuned in accordance with the tuning parameters;

determining, using at least one processor, potential membership of the first user in a first group of users based on the logical relationship information and the tuned data, by selecting the first group from a plurality of possible groups, the selecting being based on scores generated, for each of the plurality of possible groups, by a candidate scorer module using the tuned data, the first group of users containing a plurality of users, including one or more users who are not logically connected to the first user; and

adding the first user to the first group of users based on the determination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tuning parameters include a maximum value for a calculation based on the data from the one or more sensors.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the maximum value is a maximum distance the first user device has traveled from a specified location.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the specified location is a location of another user in the first group of users.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors include a location services module.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors include an environmental detection module.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing the first user from a second group of users based on the determination.

8. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory to store a plurality of modules comprising instructions for execution on the at least one processor, the modules comprising;

a candidate scorer module configured to access logical relationship information describing logical relationships among a plurality of users;

a push/subscribe module configured to push tuning parameters to a first user device operated by a first user, the tuning parameters specifying weights and/or functions to be applied to data previously generated by one or more sensors on the first user device, the one or more sensors indicating various environmental conditions in the vicinity of the first user device;

the candidate scorer module further configured to receive tuned data from the first user device, the tuned data representing data from the one or more sensors that has been tuned in accordance with the tuning parameters; and

a candidate indexer module configured to determine, using at least one processor, potential membership of the first user in a first group of users based on the logical relationship information and the tuned data, by selecting the first group from a plurality of possible groups, the selecting being based on scores generated, for each of the plurality of possible groups, by the candidate scorer module using the tuned data, the first group of users containing a plurality of users, including one or more users who are not logically connected to the first user, and add the first user to the first group of users based on the determination.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the tuning parameters include a maximum value for a calculation based on the data from the one or more sensors.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the maximum value is a maximum distance the first user device has traveled from a specified location.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the specified location is a location of another user in the first group of users.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more sensors include a location services module.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more sensors include an environmental detection module.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising removing the first user from a second group of users based on the determination.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing logical relationship information describing logical relationships among a plurality of users;

pushing tuning parameters to a first user device operated by a first user, the tuning parameters specifying weights and/or functions to be applied to data previously generated by one or more sensors on the first user device, the one or more sensors indicating various environmental conditions in the vicinity of the first user device;

receiving tuned data from the first user device, the tuned data representing data from the one or more sensors that has been tuned in accordance with the tuning parameters;

determining, using at least one processor, potential membership of the first user in a first group of users based on the logical relationship information and the tuned data, by selecting the first group from a plurality of possible groups, the selecting being based on scores generated, for each of the plurality of possible groups, by a candidate scorer module using the tuned data, the first group of users containing a plurality of users, including one or more users who are not logically connected to the first user; and

adding the first user to the first group of users based on the determination.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the tuning parameters include a maximum value for a calculation based on the data from the one or more sensors.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the maximum value is a maximum distance the first user device has traveled from a specified location.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the specified location is a location of another user in the first group of users.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more sensors include a location services module.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more sensors include an environmental detection module.