Patent №
US 7,945,862
Granted
2011-05-17
Filed 2007
Owner
YAHOO! INC.
Lab
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AI components
3
kr · planning · evo
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11853768
Particular embodiments of the present invention are related to a social network site with enhanced user interaction functionality. In particular implementations, a method includes accessing a list of contacts that are connected to an owner of a personal page of a social network; identifying one or more contact pairs from the list, wherein the contacts in each contact pair are not connected to each other; computing an affinity score for each identified contact pair; randomly selecting one or more of the contact pairs based on corresponding affinity scores; providing a friend connector user interface module to the owner of the personal page, wherein the friend connector user interface prompts the owner to invite the contacts of the selected contact pair to establish a connection association relative to the social network; and conditionally transmitting an invitation to the contacts of the contact pair based on one or more actions of the owner relative to the friend connector interface.
AI classification
Ownership
YAHOO! INC.
assignment · 198120080
Assignors
ALDRICH, WILLIAM CLEMENT, CHIJIIWA, RYO, TRUONG, VU HAO THI, SPEISER, MICHAEL
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.