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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2004
Sean Kelly, Seattle, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shelly Farnham, Seattle, WA (US);
William Portnoy, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean Kelly, Seattle, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shelly Farnham, Seattle, WA (US);
William Portnoy, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, computer readable medium, user component, and system for sharing media object in a network environment are disclosed. A network manager may determine a similarity metric between users of the environment, between media objects, and/or between a user and media objects. Based upon the similarity metric, the network manager may share media objects with another user if the similarity metric exceeds a predetermined value or is more similar than other retrieved media objects. A user component may also provide a network map manager to display a network map, and may provide a tailored view manager to display a web log associated with at least one of the user icons displayed in the network map.