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TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING AND PRESENTING CONNECTION PATHS

  • US 20130254305A1
  • Filed: 07/13/2012
  • Published: 09/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a request for content including member profile information of a first member of a social network service, the request initiated by a second member of the social network service;

    responsive to receiving the request, analyzing a social graph to identify one or more connection paths connecting a node representing the first member with a node representing the second member, the social graph represented by a graph data structure having nodes representing various entities and edges representing associations between entities, each edge connecting two nodes included in a connection path assigned an edge score representing an estimated strength of association between two entities represented by the two nodes;

    deriving a path score for each of the one or more connection paths connecting the node representing the first member with the node representing the second member by aggregating edge scores of the edges in each individual connection path;

    generating a visual representation of at least one of the one or more connection paths connecting the node representing the first member with the node representing the second member; and

    presenting the visual representation of the one or more connection paths along with the member profile information of the first member.

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