Patent ID: 7451161
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of scoring compatibility between members of a social network, said method comprising the steps of: preparing interest compatibility scores between expressed interests of the members of the social network that include a first member, a second member, and a plurality of other members of the social network, wherein each interest compatibility score represents a degree of compatibility between two expressed interests; and computing a compatibility score between the first member of the social network and the second member of the social network based on expressed interests of the first member, expressed interests of the second member, and the interest compatibility scores between the expressed interests of the first member and the expressed interests of the second member, wherein an interest compatibility score between a first expressed interest and a second expressed interest is derived based on a first estimated probability that the first expressed interest will appear as an expressed interest of a member of the social network, a second estimated probability that the second expressed interest will appear as an expressed interest of a member of the social network, and a third estimated probability that the first expressed interest and the second expressed interest will appear together as expressed interests of a member of the social network.