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US 2014/0372358 A1Published application
Inferring User Profile Attributes from Social Information
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsDing Zhou, Pierre Moreels
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InventorsDing Zhou, Pierre Moreels
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User profile information for a user of a social networking system is inferred based on information about user profile of the user's connections in the social networking system. The inferred user profile attributes may include age, gender, education, affiliations, location, and the like. To infer a value of a user profile attribute, the system may determine an aggregate value based on the attributes of the user's connections. A confidence score may also be associated with the inferred attribute value. The set of connections analyzed to infer a user profile attribute may depend on the attribute, the types of connections, and the interactions between the user and the connections. The inferred attribute values may be used to update the user's profile and to determine information relevant to the user to be presented to the user (e.g., targeting advertisements to the user based on the user's inferred attributes).
A computer-implemented method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for:
A computer-implemented system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.