Patent ID: 8156115

Claim:
A method executable on at least one processor for modifying tie strength between members of an existing network using a digital image of at least a portion of a document, the method comprising: receiving the digital image of at least a portion of the document associated with a first member in the existing network; recognizing the document associated with the first member based on the received digital image; recognizing an x-y location of the received digital image corresponding to the at least portion of the document; determining a second member associated with the document based at least in part on the recognized x-y location; and modifying with the at least one processor, at least one tie between the members of the existing network with respect to the first member and the second member, wherein modifying comprises creating a tie between the first member and the second member, wherein the first member and the second member previously were not tied within the existing network, wherein modifying parameterizes member information, and wherein the created tie is parameterized by a score based on a context of the received digital image of the at least portion of the document.