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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Yu Liang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Xiaotao Duan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yu Liang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Xiaotao Duan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/581 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments generally relate to generating social networks from device specific communications. In one embodiment, a method includes determining social connection data included in communications, the communications being associated together via a device identifier and generating a communications-based social network for an end user from the determined social connection data, the end user being associated with the device identifier.


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