Patent ID: 9100359
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to make and track connections for communications with a communication connection system, comprising: processing, by a server system, a first message indicating a request from a first member of a social network for a communication connection; retrieving, by the server system, member information from a database of the server system, the member information pertaining to a second member of the social network identified based at least in part on the first message, the member information previously stored in association with identification information for the second member, and the member information comprising a communication reference for the second member; determining, by the server system, a preference of a second member of the social network based at least in part on a characteristic of a social connection between the first and second members in the social network, the first and second members having no direct social connection in the social network, the characteristic of the social connection between the first and second members relating to at least a social distance determined by degrees of separation between nodes corresponding to the first and second members, wherein the determining the preference comprises: connecting, at least in part by a connection server and a communications interface of the server system, a first communication device of the first member and a second communication device of the second member to provide a communication connection to facilitate real time communications between the first and second members in accordance with the preference and based at least in part on the communication reference for the second member.