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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2012
Kuntal Dey, New Delhi, IN;
Ruta Mehta, Mumbai, IN;
Natwar Modani, Haryana, IN;
Seema Nagar, New Delhi, IN;
Amit Anil Nanavati, New Delhi, IN;
Kuntal Dey, New Delhi, IN;
Ruta Mehta, Mumbai, IN;
Natwar Modani, Haryana, IN;
Seema Nagar, New Delhi, IN;
Amit Anil Nanavati, New Delhi, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and arrangements for constructing and analyzing federated social networks. A first social network with a first plurality of accounts is defined, as well as a second social network with a second plurality of accounts, the second social network being unaffiliated with the second social network. The first and second social networks are federated to determine a union of the first and second social networks and an intersection of the first and second social networks, and second-order connections between one or more of the first plurality of accounts and one or more of the second plurality of accounts are ascertained, the second-order connections including connections outside of the intersection of the first and second social networks and within the union of the first and second social networks.