Patent ID: 8655792

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of estimating content of a private site on a social networking website, the method comprising: identifying, by a computer, a private site of a private member of a social networking group to be analyzed, the social networking group having a plurality of members, the private site being accessible by one or more members of the social networking group based on permission of the private member of the private site and not accessible to the computer; accessing, by the computer, content posted by the private member on public sites of public members of the social networking group, a public site of the public members being accessible by anyone who visits the public site; identifying, by the computer, for the public members of the social networking group, member usage profiles indicating content-writing patterns of the public members in posting content on public sites of other members over a period of time, a member profile for a public member indicating what content and how much content the member typically provides on public sites; predicting, by the computer, responses of the public members posted on the private site in response to the content posted by the private member based on the public members' member usage profiles, the prediction indicating what content and an amount of content on the private site posted by each of the public members; and building, by the computer, an estimated private site for the private member based on the predicted responses of the public members, the estimated private site indicating an estimation of an amount of content on the private site posted by each of the public members and an estimation of a type of content on the private site.