Automated social networking graph mining and visualization
US9990429B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9536
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The automated social networking graph mining and visualization technique described herein mines social connections and allows creation of a social networking graph from general (not necessarily social-application specific) Web pages. The technique uses the distances between a person's/entity's name and related people's/entities names on one or more Web pages to determine connections between people/entities and the strengths of the connections. In one embodiment, the technique lays out these connections, and then clusters them, in a 2-D layout of a social networking graph that represents the Web connection strengths among the related people's or entities' names, by using a force-directed model.
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