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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Ezra Callahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Aditya Agarwal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charlie Cheever, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chris Putnam, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bob Trahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ezra Callahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Aditya Agarwal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charlie Cheever, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chris Putnam, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bob Trahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining a trust level for a non-approved user in a social network is described. The method includes monitoring requests for social network interactions between an approved user and the non-approved user and determining if each interaction requested is of a first type or a second type. The method further includes increasing a first trust value when the interaction requested is of the first type and increasing a second trust value when the interaction requested is of the second type. The method further includes determining the trust level based on the first trust value and the second trust value. The method further includes changing the status of the non-approved user to an approved user based on the trust level, the first trust value and/or the second trust value.