Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bridging relationships across enterprise and personal social networks
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Application No.: US14492797Application Date: 2014-09-22
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Publication No.: US09756008B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Mustansir Banatwala , David A. Brooks , Maureen G. Leland
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent L. Jeffrey Kelly
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; H04L12/58 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q50/00

Abstract:
A user interface (UI) may be provided that allows a user to connect a first identity in a first social community to another identity in another social community by allowing the user to specify the first identity and another identity. Responsive to a user utilizing the UI, the user may be presented with an option to identify connections in the first social community according to a criteria with members associated with another identity in said another social community. A list of identified connections may be presented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160088030A1 BRIDGING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS ENTERPRISE AND PERSONAL SOCIAL NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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