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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Daniel Mccaffrey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kenneth Rudin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yan Zhang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ananda Ghosh, Oakland, CA (US);
Daniel McCaffrey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kenneth Rudin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yan Zhang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ananda Ghosh, Oakland, CA (US);
Zynga Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An optimized friend recommendation system is described. An active social network (ASN) of a player of an online game is determined based on a frequency of reciprocated communications between the player and friends of the player. The ASN of the player has friends of the player with a minimum number of closed-loop communications with the player within a predetermined duration. The social network of non-ASN friends outside the ASN of the player is identified. One or more non-ASN friends identified and suggested to socially engage with the player in an online game based on the social network of non-ASN friends of the player outside the ASN of the player are.