Yahoo! Inc.

Oath Inc.

Yahoo Assets LLC

Verizon Media Inc.

Yahoo Holdings, Inc.

Brian Hein

Mark Rubin

Jon New

Peter Monaco

Frank J Cort

Richard Sarvate

Nitish Dalal

Matthew Brezina

Systems and methods to host a social network locally on a user's computing device using social data at the user device. In one embodiment, a method includes maintaining, on a local computing device of a user, social data regarding social relationships of the user in order to support a social network of the user; and hosting, via the local computing device, the social network.

Locally hosting a social network using social data stored on a user's computer

Disclosed are systems and methods for editing aggregated data based on edit requests that are received. An edit file is updated to include a newly-received edit. The edit file includes anchor points that each point to one of a plurality of aggregate data objects. The anchor points are used to determine one of the objects to which the edit file corresponds. The edit file is then applied to update data in this object including making the new edit.

System and method for editing dynamically aggregated data

An Internet or other online service is personalized or customized based on data collected for a user of a computing device. In one embodiment, a method includes: storing a plurality of person profiles for persons associated with communications received by a user of a computing device; receiving data associated with an online service; and filtering, using at least one processor, the data based on the plurality of person profiles, wherein the filtered data is for display to the user on the computing device.

Personalizing an online service based on data collected for a user of a computing device

Disclosed are systems and methods for editing aggregated data based on edit requests that are received. An electronic edit file is automatically updated to include a newly-received edit. The edit file includes anchor points that each point to one of a plurality of aggregate data objects. The anchor points are used to determine one of the objects to which the edit file corresponds. The edit file is then applied to update data in this object including making the new edit.

Systems and methods to define a social network for a user using data implied by communications of the user with others. In one embodiment, a method includes scanning messages to identify persons addressed in the messages; computing scores of the persons to determine a relevancy of each person; receiving, by a first computing device, a request from a computer program running on a second computing device; in response to the request from the computer program, providing access to friend data for the persons, the computer program to provide services based on the friend data; and sending the friend data to the second computing device.

Defining a social network model implied by communications data

Systems and methods for automated signature generation. In one aspect, a method implemented in a computer includes: storing information relating to a plurality of persons on a computer readable medium; and generating a signature block applied to a message composed in a user interface, based on one or more addresses in an address field of the user interface used to compose the message and the information relating to the plurality of persons.

Systems and methods to automatically generate a signature block

Systems and methods to define a social network for a user using data implied by communications of the user with others. In one embodiment, a method includes scanning a set of messages (e.g., emails to and from a user of a client device) to identify a plurality of primary persons addressed in the messages as a primary recipient and to identify a plurality of secondary persons addressed in the messages as a secondary recipient; mapping the primary persons to a plurality of friends and mapping the secondary persons to a plurality of other persons; and defining a social network model based on the friends and other persons, wherein the model comprises a friends category including the friends and an all category including the friends and other persons.

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Pacifica, CA, United States of America

Brian Hein