METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING NEW INDIVIDUALS TO BE INVITED INTO A CONFIRMED SOCIAL NETWORK BASED ON MINED SOCIAL DATA

• Main Authors: UR SIGALIT, RONEN INBAL, FARRELL STEPHEN P, GUY IDO, WILCOX ERIC
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.07.2010
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A computer-implemented method that inputs a confirmed social network of a user, performs data mining of electronically accessible data for the user to produce a mined social network including individuals having a social relationship with the user and having an electronically accessible link to the user, subtracts the confirmed social network of the user from the mined social network to produce a recommendation list, in which the recommendation list includes at least one new individual not belonging to the confirmed social network of the use, and in which the recommendation list recommends the at least one new individual not belonging to the confirmed social network for membership in the confirmed social network, and outputs the recommendation list to the user.