Patent ID: 8145584
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining a set of keywords for predicting a user's response to an invitation in a social networking system; sending the invitation to each of a plurality of users of a social networking system; observing responses to the invitation from a first group of users who responded positively to the invitation; observing responses to the invitation from a second group of users who responded negatively to the invitation; determining an occurrence of the keywords in a first group of user profiles, the first group of user profiles associated with the first group of users; determining an occurrence of the keywords in a second group of user profiles, the second group of user profiles associated with the second group of users; computing a score for each keyword based on a comparison of the occurrences of the keywords in the first and second groups of user profiles; and selecting one or more of the keywords from the keywords based on the score of the keywords.