Patent ID: 9342624
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,G06N,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating user interaction between users in an online social network, comprising: obtaining, at a server, user data for a first user and a second user connected to the first user in a social network, wherein the server comprises a processor and a memory; storing the obtained user data in a partitioned user-data portion of the memory; accessing the user data from the partitioned user-data portion of the memory; using the accessed user data to calculate, using the processor, one or more influence scores between the first and second users, wherein an influence score between a first user and a second user is based on: constructing, using the processor, an influence graph of a set of users comprising the first and second users by: storing the constructed influence-graph in a partitioned influence-graph portion of the memory; accessing the influence-graph from the partitioned influence-graph portion of the memory; and using the influence graph to facilitate interaction among the users, wherein the interaction involves communication between the users of the online social network using the Internet.