Patent ID: 8736612
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a social graph with system-provided nodes, wherein the social graph comprises: using at least one electronic processor, maintaining the social graph comprising: providing first, second, and third system-provided nodes, wherein the first system-provided node is associated with an organization and two system-provided edges couple the first and second system-provided nodes and the first and third system-provided nodes; calculating a first curve wherein the first curve represents edge-weights for a relationship between the second system-provided node to the first system-provided node as a function of time comprising: calculating a second curve wherein the second curve represents edge-weights for a relationship between the third system-provided node to the first system-provided node as a function of time comprising: indicating to a user an influence ranking result of entities represented by the second and third system-provided nodes over the organization represented by the first system-provided node, wherein the user is represented by a ghost node in the social graph coupled to the first, second, or third system-provided nodes.