LEVERAGING COMMUNICATIONS TO IDENTIFY SOCIAL NETWORK FRIENDS

A method for determining whether to recommend a social relationship between a social network member and another party is disclosed. Electronic communication activity of the social network member and the other party is monitored. Based on a number of characteristics of the communication, a determinat...

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Main Authors SHAHINE OMAR H, TELEHOWSKI JENNIE PARK, KAFKA STEVEN D, YANG SARA LIU, GILLUM ELIOT, SHEN JENNIFER ITING
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.03.2010
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method for determining whether to recommend a social relationship between a social network member and another party is disclosed. Electronic communication activity of the social network member and the other party is monitored. Based on a number of characteristics of the communication, a determination is made as to whether to recommend the party to the member as a social network friend. The characteristics can include how the parties communicate-whether through email, instant messaging and/or voice communication, whether the parties send direct email messages to each other, whether they communicate as part of a group email message, the location of each parties address in the email message and whether communication includes sharing activity.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080200585