Determining reputation of users with respect to skills
AssigneeLinkedIn Corporation
InventorsJames Duncan Work, Allen Blue, Reid Hoffman
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Abstract
A method and system for evaluating the reputation of a member of a social networking system is disclosed. Consistent with an embodiment of the invention, one or more attributes associated with a social networking profile of a member of a social network are analyzed. Based on the analysis, a ranking, rating or score is assigned to a particular category of reputation. When requested, the ranking, rating or score is displayed to a user of the social network.
Claims20
A method for determining a reputation indicator for a skill of a member of a plurality of members of a social network, the method comprising:
- storing one or more profile elements associated with the member of the plurality of members of the social network, the one or more profile elements corresponding to the skill of the member of the plurality of members of the social network, each of the one or more profile elements having a respective plurality of endorsements, each endorsement of the plurality of endorsements being specified by one or more additional members of the plurality of members of the social network;
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- determining the reputation indicator for the skill of the member of the plurality of members, the determining based on an analysis of the plurality of endorsements, wherein the determining of the reputation indicator is performed by one or more computer processors.
A system for determining a reputation indicator for a skill of a member of a plurality of members of a social network, the system comprising:
- a memory comprising a set of instructions;
- one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to, based on the set of instructions,
- store one or more profile elements associated with the member of the plurality of members of the social network, the one or more profile elements corresponding to the skill of the member of the plurality of members of the social network, each of the one or more profile elements having a respective plurality of endorsements, each endorsement of the plurality of endorsements being specified by one or more additional members of the plurality of members of the social network;
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- determine the reputation indicator for the skill of the member of the plurality of members, the determining based on an analysis of the plurality of endorsements.
An apparatus for determining a reputation indicator for a skill of a member of a plurality of members of a social network, the apparatus comprising:
- means for storing one or more profile elements associated with the member of the plurality of members of the social network, the one or more profile elements corresponding to the skill of the member of the plurality of members of the social network, each of the one or more profile elements having a respective plurality of endorsements, each endorsement of the plurality of endorsements being specified by one or more additional members of the plurality of members of the social network;
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- means for determining the reputation indicator for the skill of the member of the plurality of members, the determining based on an analysis of the plurality of endorsements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.