Patent ID: 8375097
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a communication request intended for a first user, wherein the communication request is initiated by a second user, the first and second users belonging to a social network in which relationship information is maintained for the users in a random access memory of a graphing server; calculating in real time a first social distance between the first user and the second user based on accessing the relationship information for the first user and the second user from the random access memory; calculating in real time respective social distances between the first user and other users in the social network based on respective incoming e-mail communications directed to the first user by the other users in the social network, based on accessing the relationship information for the respective other users from the random access memory; and prioritizing presentation of the communication request, relative to the incoming e-mail communications, to the first user based on the first social distance relative to the respective social distances of the other users.