System and method for constructing a social network from multiple disparate, heterogeneous data sources

摘要

A system and method (and method of deploying computing infrastructure) of constructing a social network, which includes constructing the social network from a plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources, in which at least one of the data sources includes a user generated data source. A plurality of nodes and linkages are identified and attributes for the nodes and linkages are determined based on the plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources.