Patent ID: 9203969
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, implemented via at least one information processing apparatus having one or more processors, and for recommending that a first member of a social networking system establish a link with a second member of the social networking system, the method comprising: reviewing information appearing in a first list maintained for the first member on the social networking system and creating a first list of identifiers associated with contacts appearing in the first member's list; reviewing information appearing in a second list maintained for the second member on the social networking system to create a second list of identifiers associated with contacts appearing in the second member's list; consulting an identifier cross-reference database maintained by a telephony system, using the identifiers from the first list, to identify additional identifiers that are associated with the contacts appearing in the first member's list; consulting the identifier cross-reference database maintained by the telephony system, using the identifiers from the second list, to identify additional identifiers that are associated with the contacts appearing in the second member's list; and recommending, via the one or more processors, that the first member establish a link with the second member on the social networking system if any of the identifiers on the first list or any of the additional identifiers associated with the contacts appearing in the first member's list match any of the identifiers on the second list or any of the additional identifiers associated with the contacts appearing in the second member's list, the first member and the second member are recommended to establish a link with each other when the first member and the second member communicate with at least one individual in common between the first member and the second member, the recommendation being made based on a common identifier revealed between the additional identifiers that are associated with the contacts appearing in the first member's list and the additional identifiers that are associated with the contacts appearing in the second member's list.