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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Ying Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Du Li, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for determining recommended geographic server locations for online social networks by attempting to minimize user-server latency and inter-user communications latency. In an embodiment, geographic and relationship information for a plurality of users is acquired. The plurality of users may belong to one or more networks. The acquired information is transformed into a graph. A first plurality of clusters is generated with a first clustering algorithm. A second plurality of clusters is generated by iteratively examining pairs of the first plurality clusters, and swapping nodes between the examined clusters if it will reduce a total cut weight of the graph and locate each pair of nodes within a defined maximum distance from the centroid of the target cluster. In an embodiment, a method uses a joint analysis approach based upon characteristics of a plurality of existing networks.