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1. A computer-implemented method of evaluating the trustworthiness of a target person by a user, the method comprising:
providing a network comprising a plurality of nodes connected by a plurality of directed links,
wherein each node in said plurality of nodes is associated with a person and each link in said plurality of links connects from a first node to a second node, said link being associated with a trusting relationship from a first person associated with said first node to a second person associated with said second node, and wherein said user is associated with at least one node in said plurality of nodes; andconducting a search in said network to identify a continuous path from said user to said target person, wherein said continuous path begins at a node in said network that is associated with said user and ends at a node in said network that is associated with said target person, said continuous path traversing links from their first node to their second node, said continuous path defining a trust path, the presence or absence of such continuous path thereby providing an indication of the trustworthiness of said target person. |
