Contact Aggregation in a Social Network
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1. A method comprising:
- by a computing device, for each of a plurality of first users of a social-networking system, receiving from each of one or more contact-information sources a set of contact information associated with the first user, the set of contact information comprising one or more instances of contact information in one or more categories of contact information; and
by the computing device, automatically selecting for each of the first users, in each of the categories of contact information, one of the instances of contact information from the sets of contact information as a default for the category of contact information for a second user of the social-networking system.
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Abstract
In particular embodiments, a computing device receives from each of one or more contact-information sources a set of contact information associated with a user of a social-networking system. The set of contact information includes one or more instances of contact information in one or more categories of contact information. The computing device automatically selects, in each of the categories of contact information, one of the instances of contact information from the sets of contact information as a default for the category of contact information for a second user of the social-networking system.
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1. A method comprising:
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by a computing device, for each of a plurality of first users of a social-networking system, receiving from each of one or more contact-information sources a set of contact information associated with the first user, the set of contact information comprising one or more instances of contact information in one or more categories of contact information; and by the computing device, automatically selecting for each of the first users, in each of the categories of contact information, one of the instances of contact information from the sets of contact information as a default for the category of contact information for a second user of the social-networking system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
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for each of a plurality of first users of a social-networking system, receive from each of one or more contact-information sources a set of contact information associated with the first user, the set of contact information comprising one or more instances of contact information in one or more categories of contact information; and automatically select for each of the first users, in each of the categories of contact information, one of the instances of contact information from the sets of contact information as a default for the category of contact information for a second user of the social-networking system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to; for each of a plurality of first users of a social-networking system, receive from each of one or more contact-information sources a set of contact information associated with the first user, the set of contact information comprising one or more instances of contact information in one or more categories of contact information; and automatically select for each of the first users, in each of the categories of contact information, one of the instances of contact information from the sets of contact information as a default for the category of contact information for a second user of the social-networking system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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