Automatic social graph calculation

A computer system comprising a processor and a memory having control logic stored therein for causing the processor to calculate a social graph for a first member of an organization, the computer system comprising:

• means for causing the processor to retrieve activity data, organizational data and distribution list data of a second member of the organization, wherein the organizational data include data of at least one of an organizational hierarchy of the organization, a position description of the second member, a committee, team and project membership of the second member, or a shared document access permission between the first and second members;
• means for causing the processor to calculate a sub-score for the second member for each of the activity data, organizational data and distribution list data;
• means for causing the processor to calculate a total score for the second member based on sub-scores for one of each of the activity data, organizational data and distribution list data;
• and
• means for causing the processor to display a social graph of organization for the first member by arranging the first and second members based on the calculated total score.

A computer-implemented method for calculating a social graph for a first member of a private network for an organization, the method comprising:

• retrieving activity data, organizational data and distribution list data of a second member of the organization, wherein the organizational data include data of at least one of an organizational hierarchy of the organization, a position description of the second member, a committee, team and project membership of the second member, or a shared document access permission between the first and second members;
• calculating a sub-score for the second member for each of the activity data, organizational data and distribution list data, the sub-score for organizational data being related to a degree of adjacency of the first member and the second member where a peer, a subordinate and a manager degree of adjacency are afforded a higher score than an organization member farther removed in the first member;
• weighting the sub-score for each of the activity data, organizational data and distribution list data by a weighting function before calculating a total score;
• calculating the total score for the second member from sub-scores of the activity data, organizational data and distribution list data;
• and
• determining if the calculated total score is greater than a predetermined threshold;
• when the calculated total score is greater than the predetermined threshold, displaying the first and second members on a social graph with the calculated total score representing an overall level of adjacency between the first and second members;
• when the calculated total score is not greater than the predetermined threshold, displaying the first member on the social graph without the second member.