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Social Scores for Network Elements

  • US 20160117355A1
  • Filed: 10/22/2014
  • Published: 04/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying one or more first users of a social-networking system, wherein the first users are associated with client devices that receive and transmit data by a first network element;

    retrieving social graph information for each of the first users, wherein the social graph information for each of the first users comprises (1) a social affinity score for each relationship between the first user and a social-graph connection of the first user and (2) an identification of one or more second network elements to which a client system of at least one of the social-graph connections is connected;

    identifying one or more pairs of network elements based on the retrieved social graph information, wherein each of the pairs comprises the first network element and the at least one second network element;

    calculating a collective social affinity score for each of the pairs of network elements, wherein the collective social affinity score is calculated based at least in part on the social affinity scores for a plurality of user pairs between the first users and social-graph connections of the first users; and

    taking action, based on the collective social affinity score, to handle data transmissions involving the first users and the second users.

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