Patent ID: 11957972
Assignee: ZYNGA INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 17:
18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium carrying instructions for causing a machine, when the instructions are executed by the machine, to perform operations comprising:
accessing a social interaction history of users in a computer-implemented online environment, the social interaction history comprising a plurality of social interactions;
analyzing the social interaction history to identify from the plurality of social interactions a candidate subset limited exclusively to users whose social interaction history includes a completed social interaction loop with a target user, each completed social interaction loop comprising two or more related social interactions that include at least one reciprocating social interaction that is performed by a first one of the users to a second one of the users directly in response to an earlier social interaction from the second user to the first user, wherein social interactions forming part of candidate subset form a non-exhaustive subset of the plurality of social interactions that are analyzed;
identifying the reciprocating social interaction as forming part of the completed social interaction loop only if that reciprocating social interaction is performed within a predetermined duration window from a particular earlier social interaction in response to which the reciprocating social interaction is performed; and
automatically generating a recommendation for the target user based at least in part on identification of the candidate subset.