Crowdsourcing entity information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016352860-A1
Application number	US-201514725615-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	May 29, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Generally discussed herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses for crowdsourcing data. A method can include identifying a first entity has an auto-created profile on a social network site or has a profile page that has been abandoned by an administrator of the profile page, identifying a user of the site includes the first entity in their profile or includes a second entity in their profile where the second entity includes an industry identifier that matches an industry identifier of the first entity, prompting the user determined to be associated with the first entity to verify data about the first entity in the auto-created profile or provide new data about the first entity, and updating the auto-created profile of the first entity in response to the user confirming that the prior data is incorrect or providing new data about the first entity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform operations for crowdsourcing information about a first entity of a social network site, the operations comprising:
identifying a first entity has an auto-created profile on the social network site or has a profile page that has been abandoned by an administrator of the profile page; identifying one or more users of the social network site associated with the first entity including determining the one or more users includes the first entity in their profile or includes a second entity in their profile where the second entity includes an industry identifier that matches an industry identifier of the first entity; prompting a user of the one or more users determined to be associated with the first entity to verify data about the first entity in the auto-created profile or provide new data about the first entity; and updating the auto-created profile of the first entity in response to the one or more members confirming that the prior data is incorrect or providing new data about the first entity.

2 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining if the first entity referenced in a profile of a user of the one or more user has a profile and in response to determining the first entity does not have a profile, automatically producing the profile for the first entity to create the auto-created profile.

3 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining which user of the determined one or more users is likely to respond to the prompting by determining a weighted sum of one or more attributes for each of the one or more users and prompting only users with a weighted sum above a specified threshold.

4 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions for determining one or more users of the social network site associated with the first entity include instructions for determining the one or more users includes the first entity in their profile.

5 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the determined one or more users of the social network site are a former or current employee of the second entity and the second entity includes an industry identifier that is the same as an industry identifier of the first entity.

6 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, before prompting a user of the one or more users associated with the first entity to verify data about the first entity in the auto-created profile or provide new data about the first entity, verifying the one or more users are or were associated with the first entity by asking one or more other users of the social network site that are or were associated with the first entity, according to their respective profile on the social network site at the same time as the user, if they know the user.

7 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions for prompting a user of the one or more users associated with the first entity to verify data about the first entity in the auto-created profile or provide new data about the first entity include instructions for prompting the user to verify data about the first entity in the auto-created profile.

8 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions for prompting a user of the one or more users associated with the first entity to verify data about the first entity in the auto-created profile or provide new data about the first entity include instructions for prompting the member to provide new data about the first entity.

9 . The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the instructions for prompting the user of the one or more users include instructions to prompt a plurality of users for new data about the first entity, the medium further comprises instructions that, when executed by the machine, configure the machine to compare responses from the plurality of users, and the instructions for updating the auto-created profile include instructions to update the data of the profile with the most popular response from the plurality of users.

10 . The medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the machine, configure the machine to prompt a user of the determined one or more users to verify data provided by another user is accurate and wherein the instructions for updating the auto-created profile include instructions to update the data of the profile only if the another user verifies the data is accurate.

11 . A method comprising operations performed using one or more hardware processors, the operations comprising:
identifying a first entity has an auto-created profile on the social network site or has a profile page that has been abandoned by an administrator of the profile page; identifying one or more users of the social network site associated with the first entity including determining the one or more users includes the first entity in their profile or includes a second entity in their profile where the second entity includes an industry identifier that matches an industry identifier of the first entity; prompting a user of the one or more users determined to be associated with the first entity to verify data about the first entity in the auto-created profile or provide new data about the first entity; and updating the auto-created profile of the first entity in response to the one or more members confirming that the prior data is incorrect or providing new data about the first entity.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining if the first entity referenced in a profile of a user of the one or more user has a profile; and in response to determining the first entity does not have a profile, automatically producing the profile for the first entity to create the auto-created profile.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining which user of the determined one or more users is likely to respond to the prompting by determining a weighted sum of one or more attributes for each of the one or more users and prompting only users with a weighted sum above a specified threshold.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein determining one or more users of the social network site associated with the first entity includes determining the one or more users includes the first entity in their profile.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the determined one or more users of the social network site are a formerly or currently associated with the second entity and the second entity includes an industry identifier that is the same as an industry identifier of the first entity.

16 . A system comprising:
one or more hardware processors; one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more hardware processors, the one or more memories including stored thereon, the one or more memories further including instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for crowdsourcing entity information, the operations comprising: identifying a first entity has an auto-created profile on the social network site or has a profile page that has been abandoned by an administrator of the profile page; identifying one or more users of the social network site associated with the first entity including determining the one or more users includes the first entity in their profile or includes a second entity in their profile where the second entity includes an industry identifier that matches an industry identifier of the first entity;

Assignees

• Linkedln Corp

Inventors

• Deb Viman
• Feng Huining
• Pinkovezky Aviad

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• H04L67/306 Primary

  User profiles · CPC title