Enhancing search results with social networking data
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorKevin Patrick Fries
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Abstract
A method of enhancing search results pertaining to an item with information about the item from a social network is disclosed. It is detected that a user is searching for information about the item in a context outside of a social networking context. Data relating to the item is collected from a social network of the user. A notification of the data relating to the item is generated to supplement a search result that is to be presented to the user in response to the searching.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor-implemented module that is configured to:
- detect that a user is searching for information about an item in a context outside of a social networking context;
- collect data relating to the item from a social network of the user;
- generate a notification of the data relating to the item to supplement a search result that is to be presented to the user in response to the searching.
A method comprising:
- detecting that a user is searching for information about an item in a context outside of a social networking context;
- collecting data relating to the item from a social network of the user;
- and
- generating a notification of the data relating to the item to supplement a search result that is to be presented to the user in response to the searching.
A non-transitory machine readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations to match an advertisement to a user, the operations comprising:
- detecting that a user is searching for information about an item in a context outside of a social networking context;
- collecting data relating to the item from a social network of the user;
- and
- generating a notification of the data relating to the item to supplement a search result that is to be presented to the user in response to the searching.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.