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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2004
Applicants:

Andrew Michael Rosenbaum, San Jose, CA (US);

Joy Shau-yee Su, Cupertino, CA (US);

Mark Francis Interrante, Redwood City, CA (US);

Gary Michael Sawka, Jr., Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Michael Rosenbaum, San Jose, CA (US);

Joy Shau-Yee Su, Cupertino, CA (US);

Mark Francis Interrante, Redwood City, CA (US);

Gary Michael Sawka, Jr., Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Spoke Software, San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for periodically updating data in a relationship system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a set of desired data concerning elements of a relationship graph. The elements of the relationship graph include nodes representing entities and edges representing relationships between entities. The method further includes determining which pieces of the desired data are important to users and finding one or more information suppliers for each important piece of the desired data.


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