Peer discovery and connection management based on context sensitive social networks

Abstract

In a method for automatically filtering communications, a networking request from an initiating party on an initiating communication device is received. The networking request pertains to a request for communication between the initiating communication device and a recipient communication device of a user over a communication channel. A determination is made of whether the communication channel to be used for the communication matches a communication channel for a previous communication between the initiating party and the user. It is automatically determined whether to grant the networking request, based at least in part on the determination of whether the communication channel for the communication matches the communication channel for the previous communication between the initiating party and the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

1 . A method for responding a networking request, comprising:
 receiving, by a communication device representing a user, a networking request from an initiating party on an initiating communication device to establish a connection between the initiating party and the user;   identifying the identity of the initiating party; and   responding the network request according to a dynamic social network model to either grant or deny the networking request.