Patent ID: 7765259

Claim:
A computer implemented method of mapping user conversations comprising: aggregating, by a computer, communications and conversations between a user and people across multiple modes of communication to provide an aggregated set of user data; filtering said aggregated set of user data to provide filtered user data; mapping said filtered user data to determine at least one of social rank, relevance and attention for a users social network; and generating a map to display said at least one of social rank, relevance and attention for a user's social network, wherein said map includes at least one of the group consisting of a map wherein: i) a user is a central node and wherein a circle of people said user communicates with are shown as nodes with links to said user and wherein each link has a corresponding weight, used to indicate an amount of time and an associated prestige for that link to said user; and a user is a central node and social media tags with others showing conversations between said user and others and conversations between different parties are shown.