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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Jennifer Iting Shen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Omar H. Shahine, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Steven D. Kafka, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jennie Park Telehowski, Alviso, CA (US);
Eliot Gillum, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sara Liu Yang, Fremont, CA (US);
Jennifer Iting Shen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Omar H. Shahine, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Steven D. Kafka, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jennie Park Telehowski, Alviso, CA (US);
Eliot Gillum, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sara Liu Yang, Fremont, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for determining whether to recommend a social relationship between a social network member and another party is disclosed. Electronic communication activity of the social network member and the other party is monitored. Based on a number of characteristics of the communication, a determination is made as to whether to recommend the party to the member as a social network friend. The characteristics can include how the parties communicate—whether through email, instant messaging and/or voice communication, whether the parties send direct email messages to each other, whether they communicate as part of a group email message, the location of each parties address in the email message and whether communication includes sharing activity.