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Method and apparatus for processing authentication request message in a social network

  • US 9,009,232 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2010
  • Issued: 04/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing an authentication request message in a social network, the method comprising:

  • detecting, by a social network server, that a first client sends the authentication request message to a second client to request to establish a social relationship with the second client;

    determining one or more social attributes shared by the first client and the second client by searching in an index to identify one or more index records including social network activities shared by the first client and the second client, the one or more social attributes including multiple clients having social connections with the first client and the second client;

    determining a plurality of overall sums of degrees of familiarity, each of the plurality of overall sums corresponding to a respective overall sum of the degrees of familiarity between the first client, the second client, and one of the multiple clients, and each respective overall sum of degrees of familiarity being calculated by summing results of a plurality of predetermined types of determining familiarity between two clients;

    identifying a third client among the multiple clients, the third client being identified based on having a highest overall sum of the plurality of the overall sums of degrees of familiarity; and

    forwarding, by the social network server, the authentication request message and information of the third client to the second client to enable the second client to determine whether or not to authenticate the authentication request message.

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