Patent ID: 9424549
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A system for facilitating user-generated content relating to social networks, comprising: a local computer system operated by a user; a central server in communication with the local computer system, the central server receiving at least one question to be posed to the user and being configured to: retrieve separate lists of contacts from disparate sources representing different modes of communication through which the user interacts socially; create a master list of contacts of the user based on the separate lists of contacts retrieved from the disparate sources; generate at least one user interface screen which includes the at least one question to be posed to the user and the master list of contacts, the at least one user interface screen including a plurality of answer areas; transmit the at least one user interface screen for display by the local computer system, the user responding to the at least one question using the at least one user interface screen by selecting a plurality of contacts from the master contact list and dropping the plurality contacts onto the plurality of answer areas associated with the at least one question; define a characteristic of the relationship between the user and each of the plurality of contacts based upon which of the plurality of answer areas each contact in the plurality of contacts is dropped; and a database for storing a social visualization of the master list of contacts; wherein the central server updates the social visualization of the master list of contacts stored in the database to reflect the characteristic of the relationship between the user and the plurality of contacts identified in response to the at least one question.