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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Brian Lawler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elliot Loh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul Martino, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Pincus, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Lawler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elliot Loh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul Martino, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Pincus, San Francisco, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for a computer system include determining a first social distance for a first user with respect to a second user, determining a second social distance for a third user with respect to the second user, determining a first trust-metric for the first user in response to the first social distance, determining a second trust-metric for the third user in response to the second social distance, and prioritizing a first communication from the first user over a second communication from the third user, in response to the first trust-metric and the second trust-metric.