Girish N Lingappa

US Patent:

20140040377, Feb 6, 2014

Filed:

Sep 24, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/035166

Inventors:

Girish Lingappa - Sunnyvale CA, US
Alexy Khrabrov - Oakland CA, US
Jerome Banks - San Francisco CA, US
Andras Benke - Novato CA, US
Nemanja Spasojevic - San Francisco CA, US
Adithya Shricharan Rao - San Francisco CA, US
Ding Zhou - Milpitas CA, US

Assignee:

Klout, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

The techniques, methods and systems described herein facilitate the automated discovery and presentation of content created, published or otherwise made public by “experts” and key influencers on particular topics. As such, users that may be interested in particular topics but may not know who to connect with in order to receive the most pertinent information can receive highly-relevant information. Embodiments of the invention use topics of interest identified by the user and/or automatically identifies topics based on previous postings, communication, contacts, etc. Individuals, companies, organizations and other entities that have been recognized as highly influential in those topics are identified and, without explicit actions by the user, adds content generated by the influential entities to the user's content data feed.

US Patent:

20130318156, Nov 28, 2013

Filed:

May 23, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/900878

Inventors:

Girish Lingappa - Sunnyvale CA, US
Alexy Khrabrov - Oakland CA, US
Jerome Banks - San Francisco CA, US
Andras Benke - Novato CA, US
Nemanja Spasojevic - San Francisco CA, US
Adithya Shricharan Rao Srinivasa - San Francisco CA, US
Ding Zhou - Milpitas CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

The techniques, methods and systems described herein facilitate the automated discovery and presentation of content created, published or otherwise made public by “experts” and key influencers on particular topics. As such, users that may be interested in particular topics but may not know who to connect with in order to receive the most pertinent information can receive highly-relevant information. Embodiments of the invention use topics of interest identified by the user and/or automatically identifies topics based on previous postings, communication, contacts, etc. Individuals, companies, organizations and other entities that have been recognized as highly influential in those topics are identified and, without explicit actions by the user, adds content generated by the influential entities to the user's content data feed.