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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:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Elizabeth M Daly, Dublin, IE;

Michael Muller, Medford, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01);
Abstract

A method and system for indicating a priority of a first linked node and a second linked node within a plurality of linked nodes associated with an electronically interactive social relations service. The method may include assigning a weight to the first linked node within the plurality of linked nodes. The method may also include assigning a weight to the second linked node within the plurality of linked nodes. Additionally, the method may include determining an adjustment of the weight of the first linked node within the plurality of linked nodes. The method may further include adjusting the weight of the second linked node based on the determining of the adjustment of the weight of the first linked node, the adjusting of the weight of the second linked node corresponding to a link strength of the second link node relative to the first link node.


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