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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:
Mar. 12, 2019

Filed:

May. 11, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Mustansir Banatwala, Hudson, NH (US);

David A. Brooks, Arlington, MA (US);

Miguel A. Estrada, Hollis, NH (US);

Joseph A. Russo, Westford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/306 (2013.01); G06F 17/212 (2013.01); G06F 17/2785 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02);
Abstract

Disclosed aspects relate to communication management in a social networking environment. A source communication with respect to a topic may be received by the social networking environment. In response to receiving the source communication, a response communication by a first user may be detected. The response communication may relate to the topic. Using a set of topic expertise data for the first user with respect to the topic, a trust factor for the user with respect to the topic may be determined. Based on the trust factor, a communication arrangement may be established in the social networking environment.


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