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System and Method for Searching for a Target Contact and for Generating a Contact Path

  • US 20110167085A1
  • Filed: 09/14/2009
  • Published: 07/07/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for searching for a target contact from a plurality of contacts associated with one or more applications, comprising:

  • receiving a search request for the target contact from a searching entity;

    retrieving information relating to the target contact from a contacts database;

    identifying one or more first contacts in the contacts database that connect to the searching entity;

    if the one or more contacts do not connect to the target contact, identifying one or more additional contacts in the contacts database until one or more of the additional contacts connect to the target contact; and

    generating one or more contact paths from the searching entity to the target contact, wherein the one or more contact paths include one or more contacts between the searching entity and the target contact.

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