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Automated aggregation of social contact groups

  • US 10,592,534 B2
  • Filed: 02/16/2016
  • Issued: 03/17/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for aggregating social contact groups associated with a plurality of social applications available to an electronic device, in which each social contact group has social contact members, comprising:

  • maintaining a list of a plurality of existing social contact groups available to the electronic device, at least some of the plurality of existing social contact groups being respectively associated with different social network applications, and wherein each of the plurality of existing social contact groups contains a plurality of social contacts;

    monitoring occurrences of creation or importation of new social contact groups;

    determining whether a new social contact group has a predetermined similarity to one of the plurality of existing social contact groups contained in a social network application that is different from one in which the new social contact group is contained, and wherein the determination is based on a comparison of associative factors between the new social contact group and the existing social contact groups, other than social contact group name, in which the associative factors comprise at least one of commonality of group member profile between the new social contact group and the existing social contact groups, or pre-existing linkage between one or more group members in the new social contact group and the existing social contact groups;

    responsively to the determination, combining members from the new social contact group and the matching existing social contact group into an aggregated social contact group; and

    rendering the aggregated social contact group on a user interface (UI) supported by the electronic device.

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