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(57) ABSTRACT A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards enabling
information filtering using measures of an affinity of a relationship between Subscribers of an …

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2004/0064687 A1 4/2004 P? tzmann eta1. 6,424,973 B1 7/2002 Baclawski 2004/0078371 …

Seed contactising seed contacts sing other sources. In one embodiment, the invention
analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a …

412 m): on D03 Frlznds 418 bers of a candidate set for suggesting friends to the user. In one
embodiment, the candidate members may be retained within the candidate set if there is a …

Enabling a content publisher and a receiving user to control access to content updates
based on user relationships. The content publisher and the receiving user may assign a rela …

(57) ABSTRACT A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards mak ing a users
online portal information available to members of an online Social network. Portal …

(57) ABSTRACT A method, apparatus, and System are directed towards communicating a
message within a Social network based, in part, on user-defined criteria. The user-defined …

Enabling an unauthenticated user to access content associated with an authenticated user
as though the unauthenticated user had a selected user relationship with the authenticated …

(57) ABSTRACT A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an
enterprise. Such an architecture can pro vide a simple Internet-like search experience to …