Patent ID: 9704026
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06N,G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of using a social network to search for an object in a collection of objects, the method comprising: receiving information associated with the object, the information to be programmatically searched for in the collection of objects, wherein each object in the collection is associated with at least one person in the social network, the social network including picture distances relating different persons in the social network, the picture distances stored in computer storage; receiving an input identifying a first person in the social network; receiving a picture distance limit that represents a maximum picture distance from the first person in the social network; programmatically identifying a group of persons in the social network such that persons in the group have a picture distance from the first person that does not exceed the picture distance limit; and identifying the object in a subset of the collection of objects, wherein the subset includes the objects associated with persons in the group of persons.