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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019

Filed:

May. 14, 2009
Applicants:

Chris Goffinet, San Francisco, CA (US);

Emanuel Miller, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Steve Ho, Belmont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chris Goffinet, San Francisco, CA (US);

John Sampson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ian Kennedy, Alameda, CA (US);

Todd Sampson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Emanuel Miller, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Steve Ho, Belmont, CA (US);

Raymund Ramos, San Pablo, CA (US);

Assignee:

OATH INC., New York, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04H 60/48 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04H 60/48 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01);
Abstract

Potential connections from a first user of a first online service to other users of the online service may be recommended by identifying a second online service from a plurality of online services, wherein the first user is a member of the second online service, identifying a second user of the second online service, wherein a connection exists in the second online service between the first user and the second user, and recommending that a connection be established in the first online service between the first user and the second user. Such recommendations may also be generated by identifying a second user and a third user, where the second user and the third user are members of a second online service, a connection exists in the first online service between the first user and the second user, and a connection exists in the second online service between the second user and the third user, and recommending that a connection be established in the first online service between the first user and the third user.


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