INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME
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1. An information display method comprising:
- retrieving, from at least one database, information concerning a user and at least one other user;
calculating a relationship value for the at least one other user, the relationship value being at least partly based on the retrieved information; and
using the relationship value as a factor during the display of information relating to the user and the at least one other user.
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Abstract
An information display method comprises retrieving, from at least one database, the information concerning a user and at least one other user, calculating a relationship value for the at least one other user, the relationship value being at least partly based on the retrieved information and using the relationship value as a factor during the display of information relating to the user and the at least one other user.
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31 Claims
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1. An information display method comprising:
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retrieving, from at least one database, information concerning a user and at least one other user; calculating a relationship value for the at least one other user, the relationship value being at least partly based on the retrieved information; and using the relationship value as a factor during the display of information relating to the user and the at least one other user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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memory; and processing structure communicating with the memory, the processing structure, executing program code stored in the memory, to cause the apparatus to; retrieve, from at least one database, information concerning a user and at least one other user; instruct calculation of a relationship value for the at least one other user, the relationship value being at least partly based on the retrieved information; and use the relationship value as a factor during the display of information relating to the user and the at least one other user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A server configured to receive, from at least one database, information concerning a user and at least one other user, calculate a relationship value for the at least one other user with the relationship value being at least partly based on the retrieved information and transmit the calculated relationship value to a portable computing device for use as a factor during the display of information relating to the user and the at least one other user on the portable computing device.
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