Social network relationship mapping

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for social network relationship mapping. In an embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes identifying one or more terms within content displayed to a user; for each identified term: transmitting the identified term to one or more social networking servers supporting a social networking application, in response to transmitting the identified term to the social networking servers, receiving from the social networking servers a list of people that correspond with the identified term, directing a display device to display the list of people that correspond with the identified term, and in response to user input, adding an identification of a person from the list of people to a mapping clipboard; directing the display device to display a relationship graph that indicates how people identified in the mapping clipboard are connected to each other in the social networking application.

主权项

1. A method for determining and displaying relationships in a social network, the method comprising the steps of:
a computer identifying within content displayed to a user, one or more terms within displayed application window text areas of at least two different types of computer program applications; for each of the identified terms: the computer visually distinguishing the identified term in the displayed application window text areas; the computer transmitting the identified term to one or more servers executing a social networking application; the computer receiving from the one or more servers a list of people that correspond to the identified term; the computer directing a display device to display the list of people that correspond to the identified term; the computer directing a display device to display a mapping clipboard program graphical user interface; the computer receiving input from the user of an identification of a person from the list of people that correspond to the identified term; the computer receiving from the user a selection of a mapping clipboard from a plurality of mapping clipboards; the computer adding the identification of the person from the list of people to the mapping clipboard; and in response to user selection of one of the people in the list of people that correspond to the identified term, the computer directing the display device to display a graph that shows how the one person and other people identified in the list are connected to each other in the social networking application, wherein the connections represent a friend, relative, colleague, present co-worker, former co-worker, or classmate.