Patent ID: 8819009
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically calculating a social graph for a first member of an organization, the method comprising: retrieving activity data, organizational data and distribution list data of a second member of the organization, wherein the organizational data include data of at least one of an organizational hierarchy of the organization, a position description of the second member, a committee, team and project membership of the second member, or a shared document access permission between the first and second members; calculating a sub-score for the second member for each of the activity data, organizational data and distribution list data, the sub-scores individually representing a level of adjacency between the first and second members in the organization based on each of the activity data, organizational data, and distribution list data; calculating a total score for the second member based on the calculated sub-scores of the activity data, organizational data and distribution list data, the total score representing an overall level of adjacency between the first and second members in the organization; and displaying a social graph for the first member in the organization by arranging the second member and the first member based on the calculated total score.