User recommendation method and a user recommendation system using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9519684-B2
Application number	US-201313909008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2013
Priority date	Aug 8, 2012
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

A user recommendation method for supporting a social networking application includes receiving a user recommendation triggering command from a user at a mobile terminal; generating a recommended candidate user list based on the user recommendation triggering command; reading user social networking quality data, and calculating a matching success rate for each user in the recommended candidate user list based on the user social networking quality data; and selecting at least one user with a highest matching success rate from the recommended candidate user list for recommendation. By implementing the user recommendation method, recommendation performance and recommendation efficiency in the social networking application are improved. In addition, a user recommendation system implemented with the user recommendation method is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A user recommendation method for supporting a social networking application, comprising:
at a computer having one or more processors and memory for storing one or more programs to be executed by the processors:
receiving a user recommendation triggering command from a user using the social networking application installed at a mobile terminal;
generating a recommended candidate user list according to the user recommendation triggering command, wherein the recommended candidate user list includes a group of users that each perform the user recommendation triggering command using the social networking application installed at their respective mobile terminals within a predefined time window;
reading user social networking quality data, and calculating a matching success rate for each user in the recommended candidate user list based on the user social networking quality data;
selecting at least one user with a highest matching success rate from the recommended candidate user list for recommendation; and
returning information about the selected user to the mobile terminal for display to the user at the mobile terminal.

2. The user recommendation method according to claim 1 , wherein the recommended candidate user list is generated according to the user recommendation triggering command in at least one of the following manners:
generating the recommended candidate user list based on operation time corresponding to an operation on a mobile terminal, wherein the recommended candidate user list comprises users whose time difference of the operation time is within a set range;
generating the recommended candidate user list based on a geographic location of a mobile terminal, wherein the recommended candidate user list comprises users whose geographic locations belong to a same area; and
generating the recommended candidate user list based on uploaded information, wherein the recommended candidate user list comprises users randomly extracted from the uploaded information.

3. The user recommendation method according to claim 1 , wherein the user social networking quality data comprises at least one of user personal data, user behavior data, and pattern data to establish a social relationship, wherein
the user personal data comprises at least one of the following: whether avatar data is available, whether signature data is available, whether area information is available, and whether the user is a popular login user;
the user behavioral data comprises at least one of the following: whether the user is set as a bad user, a success rate of the user to establish the social relationship, and whether the user is a popular social user; and
the pattern data to establish a social relationship comprises at least one of the following: a pattern to establish the social relationship and a content detailed degree of interaction information.

4. The user recommendation method according to claim 3 , wherein calculating the matching success rate for each user in the recommended candidate user list based on the user social networking quality data further comprises:
generating a user score for each user in the recommended candidate user list based on the user social networking quality data; and
calculating the matching success rate for each user in the recommended candidate user list using a Bayesian method based on the user score.

5. The user recommendation method according to claim 4 , wherein generating the user score for each user in the recommended candidate user list based on the user social networking quality data further comprises:
reading preset weights corresponding to the user personal data, user behavior data, and pattern data to establish a social relationship, respectively; and
generating the user score for each user in the recommended candidate user list based on the user personal data, the user behavior data, the pattern data to establish a social relationship, and the respective corresponding preset weights.

6. The user recommendation method according to claim 4 , wherein calculating the matching success rate for each user in the recommended candidate user list using the Bayesian method based on the user score further comprises:
calculating a first probability of social networking success for each user in the recommended candidate user list based on the user social networking quality data;
receiving social-networking-successful users in the recommended candidate user list based on the user social networking quality data, and calculating a second probability of social networking success for each user in the recommended candidate user list to be the user score of the received social-networking-successful users; and
calculating the matching success rate for each user in the recommended candidate user list, the matching success rate being a quotient of a product of the first probability and the second probability divided by the user score.

7. The user recommendation method according to claim 1 , wherein a member of the group of users performs the user recommendation triggering command by shaking or flipping its mobile terminal to upload an operation time corresponding to the shaking or flipping of the mobile terminal.

8. A user recommendation system for supporting a social networking application, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory for storing one or more programs to be executed by the processors; and
a plurality of program modules stored in the memory and to be executed by the one or more processors, the plurality of program modules including:
a command acquisition module, configured to receive a user recommendation triggering command from a user using the social networking application installed at a mobile terminal;
a candidate list generation module, configured to generate a recommended candidate user list according to the user recommendation triggering command, wherein the recommended candidate user list includes a group of users that each perform the user recommendation triggering command using the social networking application installed at their respective mobile terminals within a predefined time window;
a matching success rate calculation module, configured to read user social networking quality data, and calculate a matching success rate for each user in the recommended candidate user list based on the user social networking quality data; and
a user recommendation module, configured to select at least one user with a highest matching success rate from the recommended candidate user list for recommendation and return information about the selected user to the mobile terminal for display to the user at the mobile terminal.

9. The user recommendation system according to claim 8 , wherein the candidate list generation module generates the recommended candidate user list in at least one of the following manners:
generating the recommended candidate user list based on operation time corresponding to an operation on a mobile terminal, wherein the recommended candidate user list comprises users whose time difference of the operation time is within a set range;
generating the recommended candidate user list based on a geographic location of a mobile terminal, wherein the recommended candidate user list comprises users whose geographic locations belong to a same area; and
generating the recommended candidate user list based on uploaded information, wherein the recommended candidate user list comprises users randomly extracted from the uploaded information.

10. The user recommendation system according to claim 8 , wherein the user social networking quality data comprises at least one of user personal data, user behavior data, and pattern data to establish a social relation

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Zhenyu

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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

• G06F17/3053 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q50/01

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30867

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/9535 Primary

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title