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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Michael D. Elder, Greer, SC (US);
Jason Y. Jho, Raleigh, NC (US);
Vaughn T. Rokosz, Newton, MA (US);
Andrew L. Schirmer, Andover, MA (US);
Matthew Schultz, Ithaca, NY (US);
Michael D. Elder, Greer, SC (US);
Jason Y. Jho, Raleigh, NC (US);
Vaughn T. Rokosz, Newton, MA (US);
Andrew L. Schirmer, Andover, MA (US);
Matthew Schultz, Ithaca, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining a social network. A metrics database stores virtual object indicia including document attributes, activities, and associated persons. A query engine responsive to a user request and the metrics database infers individual connections to the virtual object by individuals executing the activities. A visualization engine visualizes membership in the social network as including these individuals and the activities connecting them. The query engine further collects a plurality of documents having non-unique values on a first shared attribute into an aggregate, and the visualization engine further filters the social network to include only individuals having membership in the aggregate.