Patent ID: 8661045

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for obtaining information corresponding to a first user, said computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining information corresponding to a first user of a system, wherein said system comprises at least one of a communications system and a network; accessing a database of said system, wherein said database comprises information corresponding to at least one individual of a plurality of individuals, wherein said at least one individual of said plurality of individuals is at least one of a second user of said system and included in any social graph, wherein a portion of said information corresponding to said at least one individual is received from a source other than a user of said system, and wherein a potential relationship between said first user and each individual of said plurality of individuals may be determined even if said each individual is not a user of said system and is not registered with said system, wherein said database comprises an inversion point, a predetermined value of which being met signifying that said database provides sufficient information for at least said user to access a sufficiently large relevant list of people with which to at least one of communicate, follow, and connect, wherein said sufficiently large relevant list of people comprises a predetermined quantity of said people; and determining an association between said first user and said at least one individual, thereby achieving a determination of a set of potential relationships between said first user and said at least one individual.