Recommending additional users for an event using a social networking system

摘要

#$%^&*AU2018201351A120180315.pdf#####RECOMMENDING ADDITIONAL USERS FOR AN EVENT USING A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM ABSTRACT Social networking system users may create events where a group of other users invited to the event meet at a specified time and location. While an inviting user initially specifies the group of users to invite to the event, the social networking system suggests additional users to invite to the event. The social networking system suggests additional users based on a prediction that the users would attend the event if invited. Various factors may be used to make the prediction, such as an affinity between the inviting user and the other users, the availability of the other users at the time of the event and/or the proximity of the other users to the location of the event. Invitations to the suggested additional users may be automatically sent or sent to a set of the additional users selected by the inviting user.2/3 300 Additional User Inviting User Device Social Networking System Device 305 140 110 Transmit information about event including future action, location, time and list of users 310 Retrieve user profiles of users connected to inviting user and not associated with event 315 Select set of candidate users connected to inviting user and not associated with event 320 Select one or more candidate users based on likelihood of candidate users joining event 325 Identify selected candidate users 330 Identify one or more selected candidate users 335 Send invitation to event to identified one or more selected candidate users 340 FIG. 3