Patent ID: 7761549

Claim:
A computer implemented system for analyzing communication information comprising the following computer executable components: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory comprising components including: a filtering component for filtering communication information associated with multiple contacts according to one or more preselected criteria to maintain a number of contacts associated with a user selected from the multiple contacts at or below a selected threshold; a similarity component to determine extents of similarity within the multiple contacts; a clustering component which clusters the multiple contacts communicating with the user into groups based on determined extents of similarities; and a generating component for generating a social map visualization of the multiple contacts based upon the extents of similarity between the multiple contacts who communicate with each other, and further configured to create the social map visualization in a sector view, wherein the user is displayed generally at a center of the social map and the multiple contacts communicating with the user are arranged in one or more radial sections of the sector view.