US 2016/0057094 A1Published application

Method and system for maintaining and managing social capital

AssigneeIntellectSpace Corporation

InventorAleksandr Gvelesiani

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Abstract

Methods, systems, and techniques managing a user's social capital to maximize his or her networking potential are provided. Example embodiments provide a SoCap application and tools to manage and maximize a user's capital. In one embodiment, the SoCap application facilitates making, managing, and/or nurturing connections through relationships with one or more individuals or business entities. Each entity is associated with an influence score that reflects, for example, the entity's connections to other entities, the strength of those connections, and the importance of the entity's affiliations with companies. In some embodiments, the SoCap application is a web-based application that leverages contacts from electronic mail applications, phone devices, social networks, professional networks, and CRM applications.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method in a computing system for displaying an interface to connect a user to one or more entities that are not yet current contacts of the user, comprising:

determining an influence score for each entity in the computing system;
determining a list of connections to the user, each such connection between the user and an entity that is already connected to the user via an application or a social network or a professional network;
and
for each determined connection in the list, determining one or more top connections to the entities that are not yet current contacts of the user based in part upon the influence score of the entity that is already connected to the user, and displaying the determined one or more top connections;
wherein the computing system is configured to receive from the user a selection of one of the top connections to facilitate performing an activity to connect the user to the entity that is not yet a current contact.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/811,547Filed 28 Jul 2015
Priority: 28 Jul 2014
Published: 25 Feb 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06Q 30/02
Commerce: marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
G06Q 10/46
Business processes related to social networking or social networking services: determination of level of influence of users within social…
G06Q 10/48
Business processes related to social networking or social networking services: using social graphs
H04L 51/04
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: real-time or…