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US8935261B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 28, 2011
Grant dateJan 13, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/1813
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a social-networking system accesses a social graph with a plurality of user nodes and a plurality of location nodes, receives a search query with location parameters, identifies a set of location nodes based on the search query, and determines a value for each location nodes in the set based on the edges connected to the location nodes in the social graph.

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