ORGANIZATION OF A CONTACT LIST BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK CONTEXT

• US 20100082693A1
• Filed: 09/25/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kuhlke, Matthew, Chen, Chin-Ju, Lee, Eric Heng Chih, Hugg, Ethan
• Application Number:
  US12/238,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20100082693A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/798
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0188 Network monitoring; statistics on usage on called/calling number

Abstract

The method includes determining a social network weighting for one or more contacts in a contact list, and arranging the contact list as a function of the social network weighting for the one or more contacts. The social network weightings may be determined as a function of social network context, which may include social network interactions, social network associations, or social network activities.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor in communication with the memory, the memory including computer code executable with the processor, wherein the computer code is configured to;

to determine a first social network weighting for a first contact in a social network, the social network weighting being determined based on first contact social network context,

where the first social network weighting indicates a likelihood that the first contact will be selected from a contact list.

2. The apparatus in claim 1, where the first contact social network context is a social network interaction, social network activity, or social network association.

3. The apparatus in claim 1, where the computer code is also configured to determine a first social network weighting for a first contact in a social network of a social network service.

4. The apparatus in claim 3, where the social network service is an Internet-based social network service.

5. The apparatus in claim 4, where the contact list is a cellular telephone contact list.

6. The apparatus in claim 1, where the computer code is also configured to:

determine a second social network weighting for a second contact in the contact list, where the second contact social network context is a social network interaction, social network activity, or social network association.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, where the social network context includes Internet-based social network interaction between the first contact and a contact list user associated with the contact list.

8. A method, comprising:

determining a social network weighting for one or more contacts in a contact list, where the social network weighting is determined as a function of social network context, and

arranging the contact list as a function of the social network weighting for one or more contacts.

9. The method in claim 8, where determining a social network weighting comprises receiving a social network weighting from a web server monitoring a social network service.

10. The method in claim 8, where determining a social network weighting comprises determining a social network weighting as a function of social network interaction with other social contacts.

11. The method in claim 10, where social network context comprises social network interactions, social network associations, social network activities, or any combination thereof.

12. The method in claim 10, where the social network weighting is a representation of the likelihood a contact associated with the social network weighting will be selected from the contact list.

13. The method in claim 8, comprising comparing a first social network weighting for a first contact with a second social network weighting for a second contact.

14. The method in claim 13, where arranging the contact list comprises arranging the contact list so that the first or second contact with a greater weighting is arranged above the first or second contact with a lesser weighting.

15. Logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to:

determine a first social network weighting for a first contact in a contact list and a second social network weighting for a second contact in the contact list, where the first social network weighting is based on a first contact social network context and the second social network weighting is based on a second contact social network context, and

arrange the contact list as a function of the first and second social network weightings.

16. The logic of claim 15, where social network context includes social network interaction, social network activity, or social network association

17. The logic of claim 15, where the social network weighting indicates the likelihood that a contact will be selected based on a social network interaction, social network activity, or social network association.

18. The logic of claim 15, when executed also operable to compare the first contact social network context to the second contact social network context and determine whether the first contact social network context is greater than the second contact social network context.

19. The system in claim 15, when executed also operable to arrange the contact list such that the first contact is above the second contact when the first contact social network context is greater than the second contact social network context.

20. The system in claim 15, when executed also operable to receive the first social network weighting and the second social network weighting from an Internet server that supports an Internet-based social network.