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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Gabriel Cohen, Alameda, CA (US);
Colin Gibbs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Lehmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gabriel Cohen, Alameda, CA (US);
Colin Gibbs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Lehmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are a method, apparatus, and system for using call activity as a basis to trigger social-network expansion. Upon detecting threshold call activity between a first party and a second party and determining that a social-network group of the first party does not include a social-network connection with the second party, a process is triggered to add to the first party's social-network group a connection with the second party.