US 2018/0322552 A1Published application

Lead recommendations

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsAbhishek Gupta, Zang Li, Anmol Bhasin, Sachin Rekhi, Annabel Fang Liu, Angela Yoonjeong Yang

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Abstract

A method and system for providing lead recommendations are disclosed. A server system stores profile information for a plurality of members of a server system. The server system then analyzes the stored profile information to identify one or more potential sales lead recommendations for a first member of the server system. The server system then ranks the one or more identified potential sales lead recommendations. The server system selects one or more of the identified sales lead recommendations and transmits the selected one or more identified sales lead recommendations to a client device associated with the first member of the server system.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the system to:
identify, at a server hosting a social networking service, one or more target organizations for a first member of the social networking service;
retrieve, from a database, a first plurality of member profiles corresponding to members of the social networking service associated with the one or more target organizations;
obtain, from the retrieved first plurality of member profiles, one or more attributes of members corresponding to the retrieved first plurality of member profiles;
retrieve, from the database, a second plurality of member profiles corresponding to members of the social networking service having attributes matching the one or more attributes;
calculate a match score between each of the retrieved second plurality of member profiles corresponding to members of the social networking service having attributes matching, the one or more attributes and the first member the calculating of the match score further comprising:
obtaining computerized records of interactions between the members and one or more graphical user interfaces associated with the social networking service, the computerized record for each interaction comprising a description of a user action initiated by the member and a time stamp indicating when the user action was initiated;
and
identifying, in the computerized records, a plurality of records corresponding to interactions by members of the social networking service having attributes matching the one or more attributes and the first member;
rank the one or more retrieved second plurality of member profiles based on their corresponding match scores;
and
surface one or more highest ranked member profiles in a graphical user interface as a recommended lead for the first member.

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A method comprising:

identifying, at a server hosting a social networking service, one or more target organizations for a first member of the social networking service;
retrieving, from a database, a first plurality of member profiles corresponding to members of the social networking service associated with the one or more target organizations;
obtaining, from the retrieved first plurality of member profiles, one or more attributes of members corresponding to the retrieved first plurality of member profiles;
retrieving, from the database, a second plurality of member profiles corresponding to members of the social networking service having attributes matching the one or more attributes;
calculating a match score between each of the retrieved second plurality of member profiles corresponding to members of the social networking service having attributes matching the one or more attributes and the first member, the one or more attributes and the first member the calculating of the match score further comprising:
obtaining computerized records of interactions between the members and one or more graphical user interfaces associated with the social networking service, the computerized record for each interaction comprising a description of a user action initiated by the member and a time stamp indicating when the user action was initiated;
and
identifying, in the computerized records, a plurality of records corresponding to interactions by members of the social networking service having attributes matching the one or more attributes and the first member;
ranking the one or more retrieved second plurality of member profiles based on their corresponding match scores;
and
surfacing one or more highest ranked member profiles in a graphical user interface as a recommended lead for the first member.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

recording, at a server hosting a social networking service, interaction of a first member of the social networking service with the social networking service, the interaction including viewing one or more member profiles in the social networking service without having performed a search query or providing specific search criteria for the one or more member profiles;
identifying, at a server hosting a social networking service, one or more target organizations for a first member of the social networking service;
retrieving, from a database, a first plurality of member profiles corresponding to members of the social networking service associated with the one or more target organizations;
obtaining, from the retrieved first plurality of member profiles, one or more attributes of members corresponding to the retrieved first plurality of member profiles;
retrieving, from the database, a second plurality of member profiles corresponding to members of the social networking service having attributes matching the one or more attributes;
calculating a match score between each of the retrieved second plurality of member profiles corresponding to members of the social networking service having attributes matching the one or more attributes and the first member, the one or more attributes and the first member the calculating of the match score further comprising:
obtaining computerized records of interactions between the members and one or more graphical user interfaces associated with the social networking service, the computerized record for each interaction comprising a description of a user action initiated by the member and a time stamp indicating when the user action was initiated;
and
identifying, in the computerized records, a plurality of records corresponding to interactions by members of the social networking service having attributes matching the one or more attributes and the first member;
ranking the one or more retrieved second plurality of member profiles based on their corresponding match scores;
and
surfacing one or more highest ranked member profiles in a graphical user interface as a recommended lead for the first member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/035,313Filed 13 Jul 2018
Priority: 30 Jun 2014
Published: 8 Nov 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06Q 30/0617
Using intermediate agents: representative agent
G09C 1/00
Apparatus or methods whereby a given sequence of signs
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial
G09C
Ciphering or deciphering apparatus for cryptographic or other purposes involving the need

Family

Application62/019,254Us provisional application · filed 30 Jun 2014
Application14/572,236Continuation · filed 16 Dec 2014
Application16/035,313Continuation
US 10,043,205 B2Related patent
US 10,332,172 B2Related patent
US 2015/0379602 A1Published application
US 2018/0322552 A1This patent

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