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Facilitation of social interactions

  • US 9,491,257 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2013
  • Issued: 11/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • generating, via a computer processor of a first communications device, a profile for a user of the first communications device, the first communications device having a memory for storing the profile, the generating comprising;

    identifying artifacts from interactions of the user, via the first communications device with electronic data sources and users of other communications devices over a network; and

    ranking the artifacts by importance as defined by frequency of interactions between the first communications device and the electronic data sources;

    determining, via a short-range wireless transceiver of the first communications device, that another communications device is in communicative contact with the first communications device, the determining comprising receiving a communication from the other communications device that includes an identification of a user of the other communications device;

    selecting, from the profile in the memory, at least one of the artifacts relating to the user of the first communications device;

    searching, over a network using the identifier of the user of the other communications device, at least one database for information about the user of the other communications device that is in common with the user of the first communications device with respect to the artifact;

    prioritizing results of the searching based on a recency of occurrence of each of the results in the database; and

    providing a prioritized listing of the results of the searching, as topics of conversation, to the first communications device.

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