US 11,948,208 B1
Variable graphical representations based upon graph-node distance
Emma Ryan, Seattle, WA (US); Sandeep Siddhartha, Kirkland, WA (US); Jatin Patel, Redmond, WA (US); and Timothy M. Cleary, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,047.
Int. Cl. H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01)
CPC G06Q 50/01 (2013.01) [G06T 13/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for selectively creating different graphical representations of a user to display to a plurality of end users in a network-based communication environment based on a social graph, the social graph having a plurality of social distances between the user and the plurality of end users, the method comprising:
determining a first social distance between the user and a first end user of the plurality of end users based upon the social graph and the plurality of social distances, wherein the social graph includes a plurality of nodes that represent the user and each of the plurality of end-users, the plurality of nodes being separated by a plurality of edges that represent a relationship between each node of the plurality nodes, the plurality of social distances being a number of edges along a shortest path between the user and each end-user of the plurality of end-users and the first social distance is a first number of edges between a user node in the plurality of nodes that represents the user and a first user node in the plurality of nodes that represents the first end user;
determining that the first social distance meets a preset threshold condition;
responsive to the first social distance meeting the preset threshold condition, selecting a first graphical representation of the user from a plurality of graphical representations of the user based on the first social distance;
providing the first graphical representation of the user for display to the first end user of the plurality of end users in the network-based communication environment;
responsive to a second social distance of a second end user not meeting the preset threshold condition or responsive to determining that the second end user is not on the social graph, selecting a second graphical representation of the user, the second graphical representation being different from the first graphical representation, wherein the difference between the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is based on the second social distance being greater than the first social distance or based upon the second end user not being on the social graph; and
providing the second graphical representation of the user for display to the second end user of the plurality of end users in the network-based communication environment.