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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Joel Alan Farrell, Ashland, MA (US);
John Kenyon Gerken, Iii, Raleigh, NC (US);
James Michael Snell, Hanford, CA (US);
Joel Alan Farrell, Ashland, MA (US);
John Kenyon Gerken, III, Raleigh, NC (US);
James Michael Snell, Hanford, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a method of and system for discovering people with attributes, users tag people in their respective contact lists with attribute tags. The method aggregates in a folksonomy database the people tagged in the contact lists. A user may request a list of people tagged with an attribute. In response to a user request, the method searches the folksonomy database for people tagged with the attribute tag. The method returns to the requesting user a list of people tagged with the attribute tag.