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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Linkedin Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vincent Mallet, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Jessica Cheng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Noah Fiedel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric William Gillum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ganesh Ramanarayanan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nicholas James Woods, San Francisco, CA (US);
LinkedIn Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In an example embodiment, logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user and other users is recorded, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking service. Then affinity levels for each of the logical relationships between the first user and the other users are calculated. One or more of the logical relationships between the first user and one or more of the other users are displayed in a user interface, wherein the affinity level for each of the one or more logical relationships is represented graphically in the user interface.