Patent ID: 9213725
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of facilitating social exploration in a web-based social network, the method comprising: receiving, at a host server, a plurality of data items associated with a plurality of users of the web-based social network; identifying, at the host server, a plurality of sets of data items of the plurality of data items, wherein each set of the plurality of sets of data items is associated with a single user of the plurality of users; comparing, at the host server, a first set of data items of the plurality of sets of data items to other sets of data items of the plurality of sets of data items to identify commonalities between the first set of data items and the other sets of data items, wherein the first set of data items is associated with a first user of the plurality of users and the other sets of data items are associated with other users of the plurality of users, the comparing including: automatically selecting, at the host server, the second user and a first electronic social interaction for the first user to pursue with respect to the second user based on the identified commonalities between the first set of data items and the second set of data items; and sending, from the host server, a query with an indication of the first electronic social interaction to a first client device for electronic presentation to the first user.