Methods and computer-readable media for providing recommended entities based on a user's social graph

摘要

Provided are methods and computer-readable media for providing recommended entities based on a user's external social graph, such as asymmetric social graph of a social networking service. In some embodiments, entities responsive to a search query or other request may be obtained. Each entity may be evaluated to determine if the entity is associated with a contact from a user's social graph. The association may include an evaluation (e.g., a rating, review, other evaluation or combination thereof) of the entity by the contact. Additionally, the contacts having associations with an entity may be ranked based on a relationship score with a user. The entities having associations with the contacts from a user's social graph may be provided as recommended entities to the user, and the association may be annotated to the recommended entity for viewing by the user.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for determining recommended entities based on a user's social graph, the method comprising:
obtaining, by one or more processors, a geographic location associated with the user; obtaining, by one or more processors, a plurality of entities located in the geographic location; obtaining, by one or more processors, a plurality of contacts from an asymmetric social graph for the user; determining, by one or more processors, a first one of the plurality of entities having one or more associations with a respective one or more of the plurality of contacts, wherein the one or more associations comprise a rating of the first one of the plurality of entities, a review of the first one of the plurality of entities, or a combination thereof; selecting, by one or more processors, one of the one or more associations; and providing, by one or more processors, association information from the selected one of the one or more associations for display with the plurality of entities.