Patent ID: 9633376
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G09B

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a meta-social graph, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor: collecting a plurality of different online identities of a first user, each of said different online identities corresponding to a unique social network system; collecting a plurality of communication data associated with the first user; determining bi-directional connections of the first user with other users from the collected communication data; creating a meta-social graph from the determined bi-directional connections and the plurality of different online identities; generating a global identifier for the first user; storing, in at least one memory device, the meta-social graph with at least one of the generated global identifier, the determined bi-directional connections, and the collected communication data; retrieving a set of profile features derived from data in a meta-social graph profile or retrieved from a data source external to the meta-social graph; determining influencer scores for each of a plurality of different users, the influencer score for each of the plurality of different users indicating a measure of influencing ability with respect to the first user; associating the plurality of different scored users with at least one profile feature based on the retrieved profile features; and generating promotional content for the first user based on profile features from the first user and a plurality of identified influencers with corresponding associated profile features and the highest influencing scores with respect to the first user, wherein determining influencer scores for each said different user comprises: