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Social mapping of contacts from computer communication information

  • US 20030167324A1
  • Filed: 06/04/2002
  • Published: 09/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a computer readable medium, social mapping software for mapping contacts from computer communication information, comprising:

  • software for automatically collecting computer communication information relating to multiple contacts who are in computer communication with each other, one of the multiple contacts being a selected user;

    software for filtering the computer communication information according to one or more preselected criteria to maintain the number of contacts associated with the selected user at or below a selected threshold;

    software for analyzing the computer communication information to determine extents of similarity between the multiple contacts; and

    software for generating and rendering on a computer display screen a visualization of a social map based upon the extents of similarity between the multiple contacts.

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