Methods and systems for recommending a context based on content interaction

摘要

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for recommending a context to a user of a social network service, based on detecting an interaction with some item of web content. With some embodiments, after detecting an interaction with a web document, a topic to which the web document is related is determined. A context, such as an online or offline forum, known to be associated with the topic is then identified. Finally, the identified context is presented to the user as a recommendation for a content source that is likely to be of interest to the user.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
within a social network service environment, monitoring for and detecting a user-initiated interaction with a web document by a user, the web document having a Universal Resource Identifier (URI); identifying one or more topics to which the web document relates; in response to identifying a single topic to which the web document relates:
identifying a single, existing forum of potential interest to the user, the single, existing forum being associated with the identified, single topic; andrecommending the single, existing forum of potential interest to the user; and in response to identifying more than one topic to which the web document relates:
identifying more than one existing forums of potential interest to the user, each more than one existing forum being associated with at least one topic selected from the identified more than one topic to which the web document relates;identifying a plurality of persons to whom the user has a relationship with, as defined by the social network service environment;determining which of the existing more than one forums to recommend based on activities of selected ones of the identified plurality of persons; andrecommending the determined one or more forums to the user.