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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 14, 2009
Chris Goffinet, San Francisco, CA (US);
Emanuel Miller, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Steve Ho, Belmont, CA (US);
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);
OATH INC., New York, NY (US);
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.