Expertise Discovery in Social Networks

摘要

A method and system of expertise discovery in social networks accesses behavioral information associated with users' use of a computer-implemented social network, whereby the computer-implemented social network enables its users to have subscribing relationships with other users. Expertise levels of users of the social network with respect to one or more topics are automatically inferred from the behavioral information. The behavioral information may comprise interactions by other users with respect to content published by a user. The expertise levels of users may be inferred in accordance with the expertise levels of other users who are subscribed to them. Recommendations of users based on their expertise levels may be delivered, as well as explanations for the recommendations. Expertise levels of multiple users and/or expertise levels of a user over time may be delivered for display.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
accessing automatically a plurality of usage behaviors associated with a plurality of users' use of a computer-implemented social network, wherein the computer-implemented social network comprises computer-implemented representations of a plurality of users of the computer-implemented social network and computer-implemented relationships among the plurality of users, wherein the computer-implemented relationships comprise subscribing relationships; inferring automatically an expertise level of a first user of the plurality of users with respect to one or more topics based upon a first plurality of the plurality of usage behaviors; generating automatically a recommendation comprising a representation of the first user for delivery to a second user of the computer-implemented social network, wherein the recommendation is generated in accordance with the inferred expertise level; and delivering the recommendation to the second user.