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Ordering personal information using social metadata

  • US 7,720,916 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2006
  • Issued: 05/18/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system that facilitates ordering a user'"'"'s information based on past personal interactions of the user comprising:

  • a processor component that includes a metric aggregator that determines and aggregates one or more social metrics derived from at least a subset of social metadata associated with the information; and

    a display component that presents at least one view of at least a subset of the information in an order based on at least one social metric;

    wherein the social metric is a quantifiable relationship between the user and at least one correspondent of the user based on a history of communication between the user and the at least one correspondent of the user, andwherein the one or more social metrics comprise the following attributes;

    a number of messages sent to each correspondent from the user;

    a number of replies to each correspondent from the user;

    a number of messages sent to each correspondent from other correspondents and not the user;

    a number of messages sent to the user from each correspondent;

    a number of replies sent to the user;

    a number of messages marked read;

    a number of messages marked unread; and

    a number of messages courtesy copied to the user.

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