SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING CONNECTIONS IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

1 . A method for updating connections in social networks comprising:

analyzing information collected respective of a user, wherein the collected information relates to communication of the user with other connections through at least one application installed on a device of the user;

determining connections that are of interest to the user based on the analysis information, wherein each of the determined connections is assigned with at least a communicative value;

creating a user profile to include the determined connections and their respective communicative value; and

updating, based on the created user profile, a connection list of the user in at least one social network to which the user is subscribed.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed by one of: the client node, a server communicatively connected to the client node.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the collected information further comprises:

identifying names of connections in the collected information;

computing a frequency with which each name appeared in the collected information; and

computing the communicative value for the connection based in part on computed frequency, wherein the connection is any one of: a person and organization.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the communicative value is computed based on at least one of demographic information and comment interest of the connection with respect to the user.

5 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining an affiliation indication for each connection, wherein the affiliation indication designates an affiliation of the user to the connection; and

saving the affiliation indication in the user profile.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the collected information further comprising:

identifying the type of the client node; and

updating the user profile respective of the client node.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one application includes at least: an email application, a unified communication interaction, a social network application, a document collaboration application, an enterprise network interaction, and a data source.

8 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the unified communication interaction is at least one of: a chat, a phone call, a video conference, and e-mail exchanges.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the user profile in a database.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein updating the at least one connection list includes any least one of: adding new connections and removing inactive connections.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein removing the inactive connections further comprising:

scanning the application for the at least one connection list to identify all connections listed therein;

matching the identified connections to connections designated in the user profile;

marking, as an inactive connection, each connection in the identified connections that does not appear in the user profile or marking if its respective connection in the user profile is assigned with a communicative value of less than a predefined threshold; and

removing inactive connections from the connection list.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein adding the new connections further comprising:

scanning the application for the at least one connection list to identify all connections listed therein;

matching the identified connections to connections designated in the user profile;

marking, as a new connection, each connection in the identified connections that appears in the user profile and not in the at least one connection list; and

adding inactive connections from the connection list.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein each of the new marked connections is assigned with a communicative value that is above a predefined threshold and the assigned affiliation indication corresponds to a type of the social network of the at least one connection list.

14 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more processing units to execute the computerized method according to claim 1 .

15 . A server configured to generate a user profile utilized for updating connections in social networks, comprising:

a processor communicatively connected to the network;

a memory coupled to the processor and containing a plurality of instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the server to:

analyze information collected respective of a user, wherein the collected information relates to communication of the user with other connections through at least one application installed on a device of the user;

determine connections that are of interest to the user based on the analysis information, wherein each of the determined connections is assigned with at least a communicative value; and

create a user profile to include the determined connections and their respective communicative value;

save the user profile in a database.

16 . The server of claim 15 , wherein the at least one application is any one of: an email application, a unified communication interaction, a social network interaction, a document collaboration application, an enterprise network interaction, and a data source.

17 . The server of claim 16 , wherein the unified communication interaction is one of: one or more chats, one or more phone calls, one or more video conferences or any combination thereof.

18 . The server of claim 15 , wherein the server is further configured to:

identify names of connections in the collected information;

compute a frequency that each name appeared in the collected information; and

compute the communicative value for the connection based in part on the computed frequency, wherein the connection is any one of: a person and organization.

19 . The server of claim 15 , wherein the server is further configured to:

determine an affiliation indication for each connection, wherein the affiliation indication designates an affiliation of the user to the connection; and

save the affiliation indication in the user profile.

20 . An agent for updating connections in social networks comprising:

a network interface;

a data collector (DC) for monitoring at least one application executed on a client node, wherein the collected data is utilized for generating a profile of a user of the client node;

a connection updater (CU) for updating, based on the user profile, a connection list of the user on at least one social network to which the user is subscribed; and

a readable medium for storing at least the collected data.

21 . The agent of claim 20 , wherein the at least one application is any one of: an email application, a unified communication interaction, a social network interaction, a document collaboration application, an enterprise network interaction, and a data source.

22 . The agent of claim 21 , wherein the unified communication interaction is at least one of: a chat, a phone call, a video conference, and e-mail exchanges.

23 . The agent of claim 22 , wherein updating the at least one connection list includes at least one of: adding new connections and removing inactive connections.

24 . The agent of claim 23 , wherein the connection updater is configured to remove the inactive connections by:

scanning the application for the at least one connection list to identify all connections listed therein;

matching the identified connections to connections designated in the user profile;

marking, as an inactive connection, each connection in the identified connections that does not appear in the user profile or marking if its respective connection in the user profile is assigned with a communicative value of less than a predefined threshold; and

removing inactive connections from the connection list.

25 . The agent of claim 22 , wherein the connection updater is configured to add the new connections by:

scanning the application for the at least one connection list to identify all connections listed therein;

matching the identified connections to connections designated in the user profile;

marking, as a new connection, each connection in the identified connections that appears in the user profile and not in the at least one connection list; and

adding inactive connections from the connection list.

26 . The agent of claim 25 , wherein each of the new marked connections is assigned with a communicative value that is above a predefined threshold and the assigned affiliation indication corresponds to a type of the social network of the at least one connection list.

27 . The agent of claim 25 , wherein the data collector is further configured to generate the user profile.