Patent Document ID: 8600797
Application ID: 13615476

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving information about a subset of users of the social networking system, the information describing connections between users of the social networking system and actions taken by users on the social networking system; determining an income distribution model of the subset of users based on the received information; analyzing, by a computer processor, the income distribution model to normalize the received information; defining ranges of income brackets based upon the analysis of the income distribution model; determining, by a computer processor, one or more confidence metrics for the ranges of income brackets for a user of the subset of users, each confidence metric describing a likelihood that the user's income level falls within an associated income bracket; and determining a modifier for providing an advertisement to the user that is targeted to a particular income bracket based on the confidence metric associated with the particular income bracket.

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Claim 10:
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein information describing connections between users of the social networking system are selected from a group consisting of: wall posts, comments on photos, geographic places where they have been tagged together, photos in which they have both been tagged in, or strength of the connection between users.