SUGGESTED OUT OF NETWORK COMMUNICATION RECIPIENTS

摘要

Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems and machine readable medium for recommending an out-of-network communication by determining a set of potential recommended members of a social networking service based upon one or more recommendation criteria. In some examples the recommendation criteria may include: a profile similarity to a previous target of an out-of-network communication, a degree of correspondence between an interest and intent of the sending member, and a likelihood of response.

主权项

1. A method for recommending an out-of-network communication recipient, the method comprising:
determining a set of potential recommended members of a social networking service; determining for each particular member in the set of potential recommended members a responsiveness score based upon the particular member's level of activity on the social networking service; determining a set of recommended members from the set of potential recommended members based upon the responsiveness scores of the members in the set of potential recommended members; presenting the set of recommended members to a sending member; and sending an out-of-network communication to a selected member of the set of recommended member from the sending member.