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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2010
Applicants:

Geoffrey Hyatt, Boston, MA (US);

Michael Yoon, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Wilbur Swan, Lexington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Geoffrey Hyatt, Boston, MA (US);

Michael Yoon, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Wilbur Swan, Lexington, MA (US);

Assignee:

West Services, Inc., Eagan, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A computer implemented method of processing data containing information about relationships between contacts and a community of contact owners is provided, which includes the steps of: collecting data having contact information, contact owner information and one or more values related to the strength of a relationship between the contact and the contact owner; evaluating the strength of the relationship based on the one or more values; and storing the collected data and evaluated strength in a computer database.


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