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Communication systems and methods with social network filtering

US8375097B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims

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Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2010
Grant date	Feb 12, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L51/212
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for a computer system include determining a first social distance for a first user with respect to a second user, determining a second social distance for a third user with respect to the second user, determining a first trust-metric for the first user in response to the first social distance, determining a second trust-metric for the third user in response to the second social distance, and prioritizing a first communication from the first user over a second communication from the third user, in response to the first trust-metric and the second trust-metric.

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