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Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2011
Applicants:

Ron Merom, Qiryat Bialik, IL;

Naty Leiser, Haifa, IL;

Eyal Molad, Holon, IL;

Ari Berger, Zichron Yaakov, IL;

Tzvi Itzhak Barenholz, Raanana, IL;

Eran Timor, Haifa, IL;

Sigalit Bar, Haifa, IL;

Ari J. Leichtberg, Zichron Yaakov, IL;

Inventors:

Ron Merom, Qiryat Bialik, IL;

Naty Leiser, Haifa, IL;

Eyal Molad, Holon, IL;

Ari Berger, Zichron Yaakov, IL;

Tzvi Itzhak Barenholz, Raanana, IL;

Eran Timor, Haifa, IL;

Sigalit Bar, Haifa, IL;

Ari J. Leichtberg, Zichron Yaakov, IL;

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08072 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving an identifier associated with a user of a social networking service, identifying one or more first services provided by a first service provider, determining that the user is a user of the one or more first services based on the identifier, identifying first contacts of the user within each of the one or more first services, and generating a social vicinity index based on the first contacts, the social vicinity index including one or more potential contacts for the user within the social networking service.


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