Systems and methods for mining organizational data to form social networks

摘要

A method of mining organizational data to form social networks comprises: identifying an initial user; sending a first query to a directory server for a first directory service record of the initial user; receiving and parsing the first directory service record of the initial user to determine at least one group to which the initial user belongs; sending a second query to the directory server for a second directory service record of the group; receiving and parsing the second directory service record of the group to determine at least one other user different from the initial user; and storing an association between the initial user and the other user in a storage medium, wherein the stored association forms part of a social network containing the initial user and the other user. Also disclosed is a system for providing document suggestions in a communications network comprising: one or more interfaces configured to provide communication with a server via a communication network; and a processor, in communication with one or more of the interfaces, configured to run a module stored in memory that is configured to perform the method.