Patent ID: 9489462
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, using one or more computing devices, a search query from a first user for content, the first user associated with a user profile identifying a membership of the first user in a plurality of communities in a social network; retrieving personalization information from the user profile and user activities associated with the user profile; automatically determining, using the one or more computing devices, a degree of personalization for personalizing the search query for the first user using the personalization information based on the membership of the first user in at least one of the communities; combining, using the one or more computing devices, the search query received from the first user with the personalization information to form a personalized search query based on the degree of personalization; and searching, using the one or more computing devices, for the content using the personalized search query to produce a search result set comprising documents relevant to the personalized search query.