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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2006
Yehuda Koren, Elizabeth, NJ (US);
Stephen North, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Christopher Volinsky, Morristown, NJ (US);
Yehuda Koren, Elizabeth, NJ (US);
Stephen North, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Christopher Volinsky, Morristown, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring and extracting proximity in networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present method receives a network from a user for analysis and extraction of a smaller proximity sub-graph. The method computes a candidate sub-graph and determines at least one Cycle Free Escape Conductivity (CFEC) proximity of at least two nodes in accordance with the candidate sub-graph. The method then extracts and presents a proximity sub-graph that best captures the proximity.