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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Andrew L. Wick, McLean, VA (US);
Jeremy Rephlo, Reston, VA (US);
June R. Herold, Falls Church, VA (US);
Eric Bosco, McLean, VA (US);
Justin Uberti, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrew L. Wick, McLean, VA (US);
Jeremy Rephlo, Reston, VA (US);
June R. Herold, Falls Church, VA (US);
Eric Bosco, McLean, VA (US);
Justin Uberti, Kirkland, WA (US);
AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a popularity of an online identity includes identifying an online identity for which a popularity measurement is to be determined, and identifying one or more other online identities based, at least in part, on their being within a specified number of degrees of separation of the online identity. Popularity measurements for the other online identities are accessed and aggregated, and a popularity measurement for the online identity is determined based on at least the aggregated popularity measurements for the other online identities. A computer readable medium includes instructions for generating a graphical user interface for enabling a determination a more popular online identity of two online identities. The graphical user interface includes a first identifier specification mechanism that enables specification of an identifier of a first online identity, and a second identifier specification mechanism that enables specification of an identifier of a second online identity. The graphical user interface includes a display of an indication of whether a popularity of the first online identity exceeds a popularity of the second online identity.