Method and system to provide reputation scores for a social network member

Abstract

A method and system to provide reputation scores for a social network member is described. An example system comprises an access module, a unit score generator, and a combined reputation score generator. The access module accesses a member profile, and the unit score generator generates reputation scores for one or more units of the member profile. The member profile represents a member of an on-line social network. The combined reputation score generator generates a combined reputation score for the member profile based on the respective reputation scores for the one or more profile units.

1 . A method comprising:
 accessing a member profile, the member profile representing a first member of an on-line social network, the member profile comprising a plurality of profile units;   for one or more profile units from the member profile, generating respective unit scores; and   based on the respective unit scores for the one or more profile units, generating, using at least one processor, a combined reputation score, the combined reputation score being indicative of a reputation of the member of the on-line social networking system.