System and method for visual representation of a social network connection quality

A system comprising:

• an electronic memory device to store node information for a plurality of nodes in a social network;
• a quality mapping engine coupled to the electronic memory device, the quality mapping engine to assign an actual level of quality to a connection between a pair of nodes of the plurality of nodes in the social network based on at least a mode of communication between the pair of nodes and a type of social relationship between the pair of nodes;
• and
• a graphical display coupled to the quality mapping engine, the graphical display to convey a visual representation of a map of at least a portion of the social network, the map comprising:
• the pair of nodes;
• an actual quality indicator corresponding to the actual level of quality of the connection between the pair of nodes;
• and
• a target quality indicator corresponding to a target level of quality of the connection between the pair of nodes.

A method comprising:

• generating a first visual indicator representative of a first node in a social network;
• generating a second visual indictor representative of a second node in the social network;
• displaying an actual quality indicator representative of an actual level of quality of a connection between the first and second nodes in the social network, wherein the actual level of quality depends on at least a mode of communication between the pair of nodes and a type of social relationship between the pair of nodes;
• and
• displaying a target quality indicator representative of a target level of quality of the connection between the first and second of nodes in the social network.