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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Balachander Krishnamurthy, New York, NY (US);
Graham Cormode, Morristown, NJ (US);
Kermit Hal Purdy, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
Balachander Krishnamurthy, New York, NY (US);
Graham Cormode, Morristown, NJ (US);
Kermit Hal Purdy, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for tracking communications in a network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a subscription from a customer for a service to track at least one variable associated with a plurality of communicants of the customer. The method identifies a plurality of members of a social network of the customer, and gathers communication data associated with the plurality of members for tracking the at least one variable. The method then displays at least one result derived from the communication data to the customer.