Intelligent messaging
AssigneeLinkedln Corporation
InventorLawrence Yuan
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Abstract
Techniques for improved categorization, processing, and display of electronic messages such as email are described. According to various embodiments, it is determined that a recipient corresponding to a member of an online social networking service has received an electronic message from a sender. Member profile data of the sender and the recipient is then accessed. Thereafter, a professional importance score associated with the message is calculated, based on the accessed member profile data of the sender and the recipient. The message is then classified into one of a plurality of professional importance categories, based on the determined professional importance score, and the message is marked in a message inbox user interface associated with the recipient, based on the classification.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining that a recipient corresponding to a member of an online social networking service has received an electronic message from a sender;
- accessing member profile data of the sender and the recipient;
- calculating, based on the accessed member profile data of the sender and the recipient, a professional importance score associated with the message;
- classifying the message into one of a plurality of professional importance categories, based on the determined professional importance score;
- and
- marking the message in a message inbox user interface associated with the recipient, based on the classification.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device holding an instruction set executable on the processor to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- determining that a recipient corresponding to a member of an online social networking service has received an electronic message from a sender;
- accessing member profile data of the sender and the recipient;
- calculating, based on the accessed member profile data of the sender and the recipient, a professional importance score associated with the message;
- classifying the message into one of a plurality of professional importance categories, based on the determined professional importance score;
- and
- marking the message in a message inbox user interface associated with the recipient, based on the classification.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- determining that a recipient corresponding to a member of an online social networking service has received an electronic message from a sender;
- accessing member profile data of the sender and the recipient;
- calculating, based on the accessed member profile data of the sender and the recipient, a professional importance score associated with the message;
- classifying the message into one of a plurality of professional importance categories, based on the determined professional importance score;
- and
- marking the message in a message inbox user interface associated with the recipient, based on the classification
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.