Patents by Inventor Zal Yaz Bilimoria

Zal Yaz Bilimoria has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10395191
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for systems and methods directed to generating colleague recommendations within a social network service. The systems and methods may include identifying a sample member of a social network service and determining an organizational unit associated with the sample member. The sample member may be associated with prior member activity involving a source member and the organizational unit may represent a department within an organization. The systems and methods may also include identifying various candidate members, where the candidate members are associated with the organizational unit. The systems and methods may also include surfacing the plurality of candidate members to a computer system being operated by the source member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mathieu Bastian, Jessica Zuniga, Zal Yaz Bilimoria, Peter N. Skomoroch
  • Patent number: 10331702
    Abstract: Techniques for generating recommendation cluster within a social network service are described. Consistent with some embodiments, sample members in a social network service are identified. The sample members may be associated with prior member activity involving a source member. A cluster category this then selected based on a member attribute shared by a plurality of the sample members. In turn, a recommendation cluster is generated based on the selected cluster category. Generating the recommendation duster may involve selecting member profiles that match the cluster category. The member profiles selected in this way form the recommendation cluster. One or more of the member profiles of the recommendation cluster are then surfaced to a client device operated by the source member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zal Yaz Bilimoria, Abhishek Gupta, Kun Liu, Anmol Bhasin
  • Publication number: 20150095121
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for systems and methods directed to generating colleague recommendations within a social network service. The systems and methods may include identifying a sample member of a social network service and determining an organizational unit associated with the sample member. The sample member may be associated with prior member activity involving a source member and the organizational unit may represent a department within an organization. The systems and methods may also include identifying various candidate members, where the candidate members are associated with the organizational unit. The systems and methods may also include surfacing the plurality of candidate members to a computer system being operated by the source member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Mathieu Bastian, Jessica Zuniga, Zal Yaz Bilimoria, Peter N. Skomoroch
  • Publication number: 20140351259
    Abstract: Techniques for generating recommendation cluster within a social network service are described. Consistent with some embodiments, sample members in a social network service are identified. The sample members may be associated with prior member activity involving a source member. A cluster category this then selected based on a member attribute shared by a plurality of the sample members. In turn, a recommendation cluster is generated based on the selected cluster category. Generating the recommendation duster may involve selecting member profiles that match the cluster category. The member profiles selected in this way form the recommendation cluster. One or more of the member profiles of the recommendation cluster are then surfaced to a client device operated by the source member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Zal Yaz Bilimoria, Abhishek Gupta, Kun Liu, Anmol Bhasin