Patent ID: 9336333
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, via a first user interface presented in a first web page, search criteria for a search to be performed, the search to identify members of a social networking system having member profiles that satisfy the search criteria; using the received search criteria, performing a search of member profiles to identify one or more member profiles that satisfy the search criteria; causing a second user interface to be presented in a second web page, the second user interface displaying a first set of search results including the one or more member profiles identified as having satisfied the search criteria; receiving, via the second user interface, user-input representing a selection of a particular member profile presented in the set of search results; responsive to receiving the user-input, causing a third user interface to be presented in a third web page, the third user interface representing a member profile page for the particular member profile that has been selected from the search results, the third user interface presented in the third web page including a user interface object configured to facilitate an automated search of the social networking system to locate references for the member whose member profile has been selected from the search results and presented via the third web page; upon detecting selection of the user interface object, automatically performing a second search of the social networking system for individuals within a social network of a searcher that selected the user interface object and whose member profiles indicate employment with an organization at which the member whose member profile has been selected from the search results and presented via the third web page was also employed during a common time period; and subsequent to performing the second search, causing a fourth user interface to be presented in a fourth web page, the fourth user interface presenting a second set of search results for the second search.