Patent ID: 8386534
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a set of candidates who may provide a useful response to a query submitted by a querier in a first social networking site associated with a first social network, comprising: receiving the query; automatically gleaning semantic information from a first personal page in the first social networking site, the first personal page associated with a member of the first social network; calculating a first score based on the semantic information automatically gleaned from the first personal page, the semantic information being relevant to the query and associated with a plurality of fields on the first personal page, wherein calculating the first score comprises: adding the member to the set of candidates based on the first score; finding a uniform resource locator on the first personal page identifying a second personal page associated with the member in a second social networking site; automatically gleaning semantic information from the second personal page; calculating a second score based on the semantic information automatically gleaned from the second personal page, wherein calculating the second score comprises: adding the member to the set of candidates based on the second score; and automatically sending an email message containing the query to the set of candidates.