Conventional websites may present a member's connections together with profiles associated with those connections in a list format. In such conventional websites, only a small subset of the member's connections is exposed. Conventional methods for displaying connections do not provide in information or pointers to facilitate further navigation. Some conventional websites provide a network graph that displays the names of a member's connections in concentric circles depending on whether the connection is a friend, or a friend of a friend, etc. and allows a user to see links between connected profiles. Such conventional websites do not present information to the user to facilitate further navigation or allow custom viewing of the network.
USPTO Backgrounds
USPTO Backgrounds