Social network filtering of search results methods and apparatus

US7831684B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brian Lawler · San Francisco, US
• Elliot Loh · San Francisco, US
• Paul J. Martino · Mountain View, US
• Mark Pincus · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 8, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for a computer system includes receiving a search request from a first user, determining a user identifier associated with the first user, determining a plurality of user identifiers associated with the user identifier within a social network, determining a first plurality of search request results of a plurality of users associated with the plurality of user identifiers, determining a list of results to the search request in response to the search request and to the first plurality of search request results, and providing the list of results to the first user as a response to the search request.