Patent ID: 8429091
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying by a server device a first profile in a social network that is associated with a first user, the social network comprising a computer network connecting the server device and a plurality of client devices, the profiles maintained in a database; identifying by the server device associated profiles associated with the first profile; determining a type-specific association path between the first profile and a second profile by determining a number of associated profiles associating the first profile with the second profile based on a type; ranking the associated profiles based on a number of common entries shared between each of the associated profiles and the second profile; and generating a first display of the type-specific association path for the first profile and the associated profiles for transmission to a display device, wherein the associated profiles are positioned based on the ranking of the associated profiles.