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Methods and apparatus for discovery of attributes using a social mobile application

  • US 8,589,393 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2011
  • Issued: 11/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving an indicator that an attribute from a plurality of attributes of a first user account has been identified as a target attribute;

    defining a hash value of the target attribute;

    sending the hash value to a peer device;

    receiving an indicator of a number of mismatches calculated at the peer device based on comparison of the hash value sent to the peer device and at least one second hash value of an attribute from a plurality of attributes of a second user account, the at least one second hash value calculated at the peer device based on the plurality of attributes of the second user account stored on the peer device; and

    calculating a probability that the target attribute is included in a plurality of attributes of the second user account based on the number of mismatches.

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