Google Inc.

Brian Stoler

Todd Christopher Jackson

Keith Jonathan Coleman

Edward Shichung Ho

Braden F Kowitz

Ari J Leichtberg

Michael H Leggett

Joseph Rozier

Neilfred Picciotto

John A Costigan, Iii

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for assisting participation in a social network. In one aspect, a method is performed by a system of one or more data processing devices. The method includes receiving, at the system, a historical record of message exchange between an individual and members in a member network, the system determining, for each of the members, whether the individual is likely to want to be related to the respective member, each determination considering the number and transactional characteristics of the message exchange between the individual and the respective member in the historical record, and the system outputting the determinations that the individual is likely to want to be related to at least two of the respective members.

Assisting participation in a social network

Growing community of inventors

San Mateo, CA, United States of America

Brian Stoler