Techniques for presenting a contextual contact list

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11436566
APP PUB NO 20180032961A1
SERIAL NO

15663492

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Described herein is a contextual contact recommendation or suggestion service and system. The service, which, in some embodiments, is integrated with a social networking service and/or an instant messaging service, takes as input a first parameter that identifies a member of the social networking service, and a second parameter that defines a context (e.g., a web page that is being viewed by the member. The service, based in part on the context, computes a ranked list of members to populate a contextual contact list, thereby recommending or suggesting contacts, with whom the member might be interested in initiating, or continuing, a conversation, based on the context of the member's current web browsing session. Optionally, the service may take as input a third parameter, defining a use case, such that the recommendation algorithm can be customized by use case.

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  • MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aft, Michael Joshua Redwood City, US 1 1
Basu, Kinjal Stanford, US 16 49
Chatterjee, Shaunak Sunnyvale, US 54 182
Hsia, Jesse Jyh-Cherng Santa Clara, US 3 26
Hull, Mark San Jose, US 17 365
Liu, Haiyang Redwood City, US 52 1336
Shreibati, Sammy Los Altos, US 4 77
Sooriyan, Siva Visakan San Francisco, US 6 38
Tiwana, Birjodh Lafayette, US 5 108
Urata, Vivian Mak San Francisco, US 2 23

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