Defining a social network model implied by communications data
US9800679B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 6, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/52
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods to define a social network for a user using data implied by communications of the user with others. In one embodiment, a method includes scanning messages to identify persons addressed in the messages; computing scores of the persons to determine a relevancy of each person; receiving, by a first computing device, a request from a computer program running on a second computing device; in response to the request from the computer program, providing access to friend data for the persons, the computer program to provide services based on the friend data; and sending the friend data to the second computing device.
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