# US 2018/0322464 A1 · Specialized user interfaces and processes for increasing user interactions with job postings in a social network / breaking jobs

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- Number: US 2018/0322464 A1
- Document ID: US20180322464A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/588,063
- Filed: 2017-05-05
- Published: 2018-11-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-05-05
- Assignees: LinkedIn Corporation
- Applicants: LinkedIn Corporation
- Inventors: Kumaresh Pattabiraman; Kevin Chuang; Dezhen Li; Jiuling Wang; Jason Wang; Kunal Mukesh Cholera; Parul Jain
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322464A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/1053: Employment or hiring
- G06Q 10/42: Determination of affinities or common interests between users
- G06Q 10/44: Identification of trends within social networks, e.g. identification of trending topics
- G06Q 10/48: using social graphs
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

Techniques for enhancing usability and electronic resource efficiency using job relevance are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a plurality of members of the social networking system are identified for which the new job is relevant. The job posting is identified as a top job posting for each of a subset of the plurality of members for which the new job is relevant, the identifying of the job posting as a top job posting including accessing an online data store that includes enhanced relevancy data, the enhanced relevancy data including real-time feedback provided by one or more of the plurality of members with respect to the values of the attributes specified within the job posting. A specialized notification of the top job posting is generated for each of the identified subset of the identified plurality of members.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system comprising:
one or more computer processors; and
one or more modules incorporated into a social networking system, the one or more modules configuring the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a new job posting;
identifying a plurality of members of the social networking system for which the new job is relevant, the identifying including using an offline batch process to compare at least one of member profile data, behavior data, or social networking data for each of the plurality of members with values of attributes specified within the job posting;
identifying the job posting as a top job posting for each of a subset of the plurality of members for which the new job is relevant, the identifying of the job posting as a top job posting including accessing an online data store that includes enhanced relevancy data, the enhanced relevancy data including real-time feedback provided by one or more of the plurality of members with respect to the values of the attributes specified within the job posting;
generating a specialized notification of the top job posting for each of the identified subset of the identified plurality of members, the generating of the specialized notification including generating one or more decorations to include in the notification, the decorations including one or more visual indicators pertaining to one or more reasons why the job posting was identified as the top job posting for the member; and
incorporating the specialized notification into a communication that is scheduled to be sent to each of the identified subset within a predetermined time frame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the member profile data includes member preference data pertaining to the values of the attributes specified within the job posting.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the enhanced relevancy data includes information pertaining to negative indications of the relevancy of the job posting to the other users.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the decorations indicate a percentage coverage of each of the skills of each of the identified subset with respect to the skills required for the position.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the decorations include insights pertaining to one or more reasons why the job posting was selected as a top job for each of the identified subset.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the attributes include at least one of salary or geographic location.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the offline batch process is run periodically according to a predetermined schedule.

### Claim 8

A method comprising:
identifying a plurality of members of the social networking system for which the new job is relevant, the identifying including using an offline batch process to compare at least one of member profile data, behavior data, or social networking data for each of the plurality of members with values of attributes specified within the job posting;
identifying the job posting as a top job posting for each of a subset of the plurality of members for which the new job is relevant, the identifying of the job posting as a top job posting including accessing an online data store that includes enhanced relevancy data, the enhanced relevancy data including real-time feedback provided by one or more of the plurality of members with respect to the values of the attributes specified within the job posting;
generating a specialized notification of the top job posting for each of the identified subset of the identified plurality of members, the generating of the specialized notification including generating one or more decorations to include in the notification, the decorations including one or more visual indicators pertaining to one or more reasons why the job posting was identified as the top job posting for the member; and
incorporating the specialized notification into a communication that is scheduled to be sent to each of the identified subset within a predetermined time frame.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the member profile data includes member preference data pertaining to the values of the attributes specified within the job posting.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the enhanced relevancy data includes information pertaining to negative indications of the relevancy of the job posting to the other users.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the decorations indicate a percentage coverage of each of the skills of each of the identified subset with respect to the skills required for the position.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the decorations include insights pertaining to one or more reasons why the job posting was selected as a top job for each of the identified subset.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the attributes include at least one of salary or geographic location.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the offline batch process is run periodically according to a predetermined schedule.

### Claim 15

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium embodying instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
identifying a plurality of members of the social networking system for which the new job is relevant, the identifying including using an offline batch process to compare at least one of member profile data, behavior data, or social networking data for each of the plurality of members with values of attributes specified within the job posting;
identifying the job posting as a top job posting for each of a subset of the plurality of members for which the new job is relevant, the identifying of the job posting as a top job posting including accessing an online data store that includes enhanced relevancy data, the enhanced relevancy data including real-time feedback provided by one or more of the plurality of members with respect to the values of the attributes specified within the job posting;
generating a specialized notification of the top job posting for each of the identified subset of the identified plurality of members, the generating of the specialized notification including generating one or more decorations to include in the notification, the decorations including one or more visual indicators pertaining to one or more reasons why the job posting was identified as the top job posting for the member; and
incorporating the specialized notification into a communication that is scheduled to be sent to each of the identified subset within a predetermined time frame.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the member profile data includes member preference data pertaining to the values of the attributes specified within the job posting.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the enhanced relevancy data includes information pertaining to negative indications of the relevancy of the job posting to the other users.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the decorations indicate a percentage coverage of each of the skills of each of the identified subset with respect to the skills required for the position.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the decorations include insights pertaining to one or more reasons why the job posting was selected as a top job for each of the identified subset.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the attributes include at least one of salary or geographic location.
