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Social network mapping

  • US 8,214,301 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2009
  • Issued: 07/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented by a computing device comprising:

  • detecting, by the computing device, initiation of mapping between a user'"'"'s contacts associated with two services;

    responsive to the detecting, determining, by the computing device, matches of contacts in the two services that correspond to a same user by;

    comparing properties of each contact in one of the services with properties of contacts in the other service to derive matches based upon common properties between the contacts;

    obtaining contact lists from the two services describing contacts for unmatched contacts that remain after the comparing; and

    analyzing contacts for the unmatched contacts that remain from the obtained lists to determine additional matches based upon common contacts between the unmatched contacts.

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