Electronic data files are broadly characterized as “messages” and a social network is constructed by analyzing one or more messages exchanged between various entities. Additionally, messages from structured and/or unstructured data stores are correlated using one or more common/related data elements...http://www.google.de/patents/US20060173957?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20060173957 - Apparatus and method for message-centric analysis and multi-aspect viewing using social networks
