System and method of determining relationship information

US8429119B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Sreenivasa Gorti · Austin, US
• Robert F. Dailey · Austin, US
• Ankur Mukerji · Rue de l'Église, US
• Scott Thomas · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 10, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2013
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes classifying a relationship between a first party and each of one or more additional parties based on at least one of a number of communications between the first party and each of the one or more additional parties over a time period and a frequency of the communications between the first party and each of the one or more additional parties over the time period. The method includes generating first social network data based on the relationship between the first party and each of the one or more additional parties.