Social vicinity service for social networks

US9363135B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Google LLC · US

Inventors

• Ron Merom · Kiryat Bialik, IL
• Naty Leiser · Haifa, IL
• Eyal Molad · Holon, IL
• Ari Berger · Berkeley, US
• Tzvi Itzhak Barenholz · Raanana, IL
• Eran Timor · Haifa, IL
• Sigalit Bar · Cupertino, US
• Ari J. Leichtberg · Jerusalem, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 21, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L69/329
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving an identifier associated with a user of a social networking service, identifying one or more first services provided by a first service provider, determining that the user is a user of the one or more first services based on the identifier, identifying first contacts of the user within each of the one or more first services, and generating a social vicinity index based on the first contacts, the social vicinity index including one or more potential contacts for the user within the social networking service.