SOCIAL GRAPHS USING SHARED PERSONAL DATA

摘要

Social graphs using shared personal data are described, including techniques for capturing data from a social data source (e.g., a social network service or website, or a professional network service or website), determining one or more connections associated with a connection target (e.g., an item for purchase, rent or sale) using the data, and creating a social graph using the one or more connections, the social graph comprising the one or more connections associated with the connection target (e.g., an item such as a vacation rental). Embodiments of the invention also include techniques for creating or updating (e.g., include in or add to) a social graph based on receiving an access request including update data, for example.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a social graph engine, data representing an access request from a source, the access request including update data; granting the access request after the source is determined to be a member of a service receiving the access request; collecting, using a social networking service data module, social data associated with the source; determining, using a social graph module in communication with the social networking service data module, a connection being associated with a relationship between the source and a connection target using the social data, the connection target including data associated with a vacation rental property for purchase, sale, or rent, the connection represented as data stored in a database, the social graph module being configured to access, from the database, a social graph including a network of connections associated with the connection target; and updating, by the social graph module, the social graph based on the update data included in the access request.