System and method of optimizing social networks and user levels based on prior network interactions

A method for determining access rights of a node in a social network having a plurality of nodes, comprising:nfor each of a plurality of first distributions of content among the plurality of nodes, generating a content path record identifying a nodal path of the content from an originating node through a plurality of recipient nodes;storing each content path record in a memory;receiving a request for a level indicator associated with one of the plurality of nodes during a second distribution of content;identifying an originating node of the second distribution of content;retrieving at least one content path record wherein:nthe originating node of the second distribution of content is the same originating node as the originating node identified in the at least one content path record; andthe one of the plurality of nodes is the same as one recipient node of the plurality of recipient nodes identified in the at least one content path record;calculating a number of recipient nodes in the nodal path identified in the at least one content path record between the originating node identified in the at least one content path record and the one of the plurality of recipient nodes identified in the at least one content path record;determining the level indicator based on the number of recipient nodes in the nodal path; andsending the level indicator in response to the request.

A computer for determining access rights of a node in a social network having a plurality of nodes, the computer adapted to:nfor each of a plurality of first distributions of content among the plurality of nodes, generate a content path record identifying a nodal path of the content from an originating node through a plurality of recipient nodes;store each content path record in a memory;receive a request for a level indicator associated with one of the plurality of nodes during a second distribution of content;identify an originating node of the second distribution of content;retrieve at least one content path record wherein:nthe originating node of the second distribution of content is the same originating node as the originating node identified in the at least one content path record; andthe one of the plurality of nodes is the same as one recipient node of the plurality of recipient nodes identified in the at least one content path record;calculate a number of recipient nodes in the nodal path identified in the at least one content path record between the originating node and the one of the plurality of recipient nodes identified in the at least one content path record;determine the level indicator based on the number of recipient nodes in the nodal path; andsend the level indicator in response to the request.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed on a processor implementing a method for determining access rights of a node in a social network having a plurality of nodes, comprising:nfor each of a plurality of first distributions of content among the plurality of nodes, generating a content path record identifying a nodal path of the content from an originating node through a plurality of recipient nodes;storing each content path record in a memory;receiving a request for a level indicator associated with one of the plurality of nodes during a second distribution of content;identifying an originating node of the second distribution of content;retrieving at least one content path record wherein:nthe originating node of the second distribution of content is the same originating node as the originating node identified in the at least one content path record; andthe one of the plurality of nodes is the same as one recipient node of the plurality of recipient nodes identified in the at least one content path record;calculating a number of recipient nodes in the nodal path identified in the at least one content path record between the originating node identified in the at least one content path record and the one of the plurality of recipient nodes identified in the at least one content path record;determining the level indicator based on the number of recipient nodes in the nodal path; andsending the level indicator in response to the request.