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System and method for social inference based on distributed social sensor system

  • US 8,615,515 B2
  • Filed: 05/09/2008
  • Issued: 12/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of data acquisition, comprising:

  • extracting information from outgoing, user-authored communications, said extracting comprising extracting information only from communications authored by users who have provided authorization for system access to the communications;

    allowing a user, the user having authored the user-authored communications, to control the information to be extracted, comprising controlling an exclude list, said exclude list comprising types of communications that are not allowed to be extracted;

    inferring, based on the extracted data, a personal network for the user, said inferring comprising avoiding a direct relationship between any person in the system, their email, and the information being displayed; and

    allowing the user to manipulate the personal network.

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