Patent ID: 7496582

Claim:
A computer implemented method comprising: identifying components associated with a first end point in an environment; identifying components associated with a second end point in the environment; determining whether any of the identified components are associated with both the first end point and the second end point; determining a path strength for each path between the first end point and the second point; identifying relationships between the first end point, the second end point, and any components associated with both the first end point and the second end point; displaying the relationships by, in part, displaying a social context associated with the first end point and a second context associated with the second end point; and displaying associated information in response to a user's identification of either the first end point or the second end point; displaying a common component associated with the first end point and the second end point; displaying at least one link between the common component and the first end point; and displaying at least one link between the common component and the second end point.