Patent ID: 8886723
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a first sharing of a social item by a first user of a social network; determining one or more second sharings of the social item by one or more second users, the one or more second sharings being based on the first sharing; determining one or more third sharings of the social item by one or more third users based on a second sharing of the one or more second sharings; determining a sharing score associated with the first user based on a number of the one or more second sharings and a number of the one or more third sharings; normalizing a plurality of sharing scores associated with the first user over a number of first sharings of social items by the first user, the plurality of sharing scores including the sharing score pertaining to the social item and one or more sharing scores pertaining to at least one other social item; and updating a data structure based on the normalized plurality of sharing scores associated with the first user, wherein the data structure stores respective sharing scores associated with a plurality of users of the social network.