Relating people finding results by social distance
US7979411B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/01
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Search results are displayed according to relevance and grouped by the social distance between the person associated with the profile and the user performing the search. Metadata is defined of each of the profiles indicating groups affiliated the profile and a relevance value is determined as a function of the metadata for each of the profiles in the result set. The social distance is determined as a function of a colleague designation associated with the profile.
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