Detect and qualify relationships between people and find the best path through the resulting social network

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APP PUB NO 20040122803A1
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10323568

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Disclosed is a method and structure that identifies relationships between users of a computerized network. The method extracts relationship information from databases in the network. The information includes address book information, calendar information, event information, to-do list information, journal information, and/or e-mail information. The invention evaluates the relationship information to produce relationship ratings of the users of the network. The invention determines the level of reciprocity of relations between different users; a longevity of relations between the different users; how current relations are between the different users; a frequency of relations between the different users; a level of exclusivity of relations between the different users; a level of complexity of relations between the different users; and/or a proximity of the different users.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dom, Byron E Los Gatos, CA 4 360
Ruvolo, Joann San Jose, CA 37 3101
Tewari, Geetika Cambridge, MA 1 274

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