Patent Document ID: 9330182
Application ID: 13777203
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for displaying search results of a search of a personal communication network, the personal communication network including a plurality of members, the system comprising: at least one processor programmed to: gather explicit personal-communication-network data from information entered on the personal communication network; gather implicit personal-communication-network data from activities conducted on the personal communication network, wherein the implicit personal-communication-network data includes historical data describing interactions of the personal-communication-network members within the personal communications network; search the gathered explicit and implicit personal-communication-network data for a key word or phrase identified by a party conducting the search to identify at least one personal-communication-network member related to the key word or phrase, wherein the search includes making inferences about at least one personal-communication-network member based upon the key word or phrase; and display results of the search by: showing the at least one personal-communication-network member that is identified by the search; showing how the party conducting the search is linked to the at least one personal-communication-network member identified by the search by visually depicting the degree of separation in the personal communication network between the party conducting the search and the at least one personal-communication-network member; and showing at least one field of interest linking the party conducting the search to the at least one personal-communication-network member identified by the search.