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SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTING A RELEVANT USER FOR INTRODUCTION TO A USER IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT

  • US 20110225102A1
  • Filed: 05/17/2011
  • Published: 09/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for ranking a set of relevant users based on relevancy to a user determined from social interactions in an online social network, the system, comprising:

  • an interaction manager module, wherein, when in operation, the interaction manager module identifies a set of social interactions that occurred among multiple users in the online social network;

    wherein, each of the set of social interactions in the online social network are initiated by the multiple users via client devices;

    a score generator module coupled to the interaction manager module, wherein, when in operation, the score generator generates relevancy scores for each of the multiple users using the set of social interactions among the multiple users;

    a selection module coupled to the score generator module, wherein, when in operation, the selection module selects the set of relevant users based on the relevancy scores;

    wherein, the set of relevant users that are selected are not social connections of the user in the online social network;

    a presentation module coupled to the selection module, wherein, when in operation, the presentation module presents, one or more of the set of relevant users to the user via a user device.

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