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Systems and methods for communication among collaborating users

  • US 8,825,705 B2
  • Filed: 07/28/2009
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of building a representation of related individuals, comprising:

  • providing a database comprising digital records created from non-digital source documents, each digital record including genealogical information relating to an individual;

    providing a set of users with access to the database using a computer system;

    allowing a first user of the set of users to interact with a first record page via the computer system, wherein the first record page includes at least one digital record including genealogical information relating to an individual other than the first user, the interaction including one or more of;

    modifying the first record page based on input from the first user, wherein the modification modifies the genealogical information of the at least one digital record included on the first record page; and

    modifying or adding a node having genealogical information in a first set of user-created nodes in an account of the first user based at least partly on identifying information from the first record page;

    identifying a subset of the set of users based at least partly on an existing or predicted relationship of the subset of users to the genealogical information in the first record page, wherein identifying a subset of users includes generating a score related to the potential relevance, to each of the set of users, of the interaction at the first record page; and

    providing a notification to the subset of users related to the interaction.

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