Peer discovery and connection management based on context sensitive social networks

A processing system to automatic filter communications, the processing system comprising:

• a networking request receiver communicatively coupled to a recipient communication device of a user, the networking request receiver to receive a networking request from an initiating party on an initiating communication device, wherein the networking request pertains to a request for communication between the initiating communication device and the recipient communication device of the user over a communication channel;
• a context matching mechanism to determine whether the communication channel to be used for the communication matches a communication channel for a previous communication between the initiating party and the user;
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• a social network sensitive responding mechanism to automatically determine whether to grant the networking request, based at least in part on the determination of whether the communication channel for the communication matches the communication channel for the previous communication between the initiating party and the user.

A method for automatically filtering communications, the method comprising:

• receiving a networking request from an initiating party on an initiating communication device, wherein the networking request pertains to a request for communication between the initiating communication device and a recipient communication device of a user over a communication channel;
• determining whether the communication channel to be used for the communication matches a communication channel for a previous communication between the initiating party and the user;
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• automatically determining whether to grant the networking request, based at least in part on the determination of whether the communication channel for the communication matches the communication channel for the previous communication between the initiating party and the user.