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Automatic social graph calculation

  • US 8,819,009 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2011
  • Issued: 08/26/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically calculating a social graph for a first member of an organization, the method comprising:

  • retrieving activity data, organizational data and distribution list data of a second member of the organization, wherein the organizational data include data of at least one of an organizational hierarchy of the organization, a position description of the second member, a committee, team and project membership of the second member, or a shared document access permission between the first and second members;

    calculating a sub-score for the second member for each of the activity data, organizational data and distribution list data, the sub-scores individually representing a level of adjacency between the first and second members in the organization based on each of the activity data, organizational data, and distribution list data;

    calculating a total score for the second member based on the calculated sub-scores of the activity data, organizational data and distribution list data, the total score representing an overall level of adjacency between the first and second members in the organization; and

    displaying a social graph for the first member in the organization by arranging the second member and the first member based on the calculated total score.

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