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Automated aging of contacts and classifying relationships

  • US 9,270,768 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2013
  • Issued: 02/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:

  • identifying one or more interactions between a first user and a second user within a social networking system;

    calculating, for each of the identified interactions, an interaction score based on a group score and a time penalty, the group score based on a number of users involved in the interaction and the time penalty based on a time between a current time and a time of a last interaction between the first user and the second user;

    determining, based on one or more of the interaction scores, a relationship ranking that corresponds to a measure of affinity of the first user towards the second user; and

    sending to a client for display an indicator representing the relationship ranking.

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