Patent ID: 8943151
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable instructions that when executed perform a method of generating relationship data, comprising: accessing an interaction database, wherein the interaction database comprises a record of e-mail exchanges between two users of a digital communication system, and wherein the exchanges occurred on the digital communication system; obtaining one or more characteristics of one or more e-mail exchanges between the two users, wherein the one or more characteristics are stored in the interaction database and wherein the data is obtained through a direct interne access protocol, wherein the one or more characteristics comprises interaction volume, interaction frequency, interaction type, number of communication participants, time of first and last interaction, a relationship strength of two users based on the number of exchanges between the two users, a ratio of source to target versus target to source interactions, and a time between interactions; assigning a respective weight to each of the one or more characteristics; and generating relationship data by analyzing the one or more characteristics.