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US 10,382,500 B2Granted
Systems and methods for binding online content accounts
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsErran Berger, Vinodh Jayaram, David Michael Breger, Aaron Bronzan, Christine Wendling, Avery Randolph Moon, Elliot Shmukler
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Abstract
According to various exemplary embodiments, an online content account corresponding to a member of a social network service is identified, the online content account being hosted by an online content hosting service distinct from said social network service. Thereafter, a display is generated, via a user interface in a device, of a prompt that invites the member to bind the online content account with a member profile page associated with the member of the social network service.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- extracting one or more member profile attributes from member profile data associated with a member of a social network service;
- performing a network search for online content accounts associated with account owner attributes that match the extracted member profile attributes, wherein a scope of the network search is based on accessing content hosting service information indicating that a specific set of online content hosting services to be searched are associated with at least one of the member profile attributes, the at least one member profile attribute corresponding to a professional experience position, an education position, or a skill;
- identifying, by a machine having a memory and at least one processor, an online content account corresponding to the member of the social network service based on the network search, the online content account being hosted by an online content hosting service from the specific set and distinct from said social network service, wherein the online content account is identified from the online content accounts based on member profile attributes of the member;
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- causing display, via a user interface in a device, of a prompt superimposed over a member profile page associated with the member of the social network service, the prompt providing the member with an option to bind the online content account with the member profile page;
- upon receiving a command to bind the online content account with the member profile page, periodically accessing the online content account;
- retrieving content posted by the online content account from the online content hosting service using the online content account bound with the member profile page, wherein the content was posted using the online content account bound with the member profile page;
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- periodically updating the member profile page by posting the content retrieved from the content hosting service, using the online content account bound with the member profile page, to the member profile page, wherein the member profile page corresponds to a member profile webpage hosted by a webserver of the social network service.
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A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
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- memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations to:
- extract one or more member profile attributes from member profile data associated with a member of a social network service;
- perform a network search for online content accounts associated with account owner attributes that match the extracted member profile attributes, wherein a scope of the network search is based on accessing content hosting service information indicating that a specific set of online content hosting services to be searched are associated with at least one of the member profile attributes, the at least one member profile attribute corresponding to a professional experience position, an education position, or a skill;
- identify an online content account corresponding to the member of the social network service based on the network search, the online content account being hosted by an online content hosting service from the specific set and distinct from said social network service, wherein the online content account is identified based on member profile attributes of the member;
- cause display, via a user interface in a device, of a prompt superimposed over a member profile page associated with the member of the social network service, the prompt providing the member with an option to bind the online content account with the member profile page;
- upon receiving a command to bind the online content account with the member profile page, periodically access the online content account;
- retrieve content posted by the online content account from the online content hosting service using the online content account bound with the member profile page, wherein the content was posted using the online content account bound with the member profile page;
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- periodically update the member profile page to include the content retrieved from the content hosting service using the online content account bound with the member profile page, wherein the member profile page corresponds to a member profile webpage hosted by a webserver of the social network service.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by one or more machines to perform operations comprising:
- extracting one or more member profile attributes from member profile data associated with a member of a social network service;
- performing a network search for online content accounts associated with account owner attributes that match the extracted member profile attributes, wherein a scope of the network search is based on accessing content hosting service information indicating that a specific set of online content hosting services to be searched are associated with at least one of the member profile attributes, the at least one member profile attribute corresponding to a professional experience position, an education position, or a skill;
- identifying an online content account corresponding to the member of the social network service based on the network search, the online content account being hosted by an online content hosting service from the specific set and distinct from said social network service, wherein the online content account is identified from the online content accounts based on member profile attributes of the member;
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- causing display, via a user interface in a device, of a prompt superimposed over a member profile page associated with the member of the social network service, the prompt providing the member with an option to bind the online content account with the member profile page;
- upon receiving a command to bind the online content account with the member profile page, periodically accessing the online content account;
- retrieving content posted by the online content account from the online content hosting service using the online content account bound with the member profile page, wherein the content was posted using the online content account bound with the member profile page;
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- periodically updating the member profile page by posting the content retrieved from the content hosting service to the member profile page using the online content account bound with the member profile page, wherein the member profile page corresponds to a member profile webpage hosted by a webserver of the social network service.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.