Inventors:
Ralph Buesgen - Duluth GA, US
Ronald Lange - Fürth, DE
Thomas Talanis - Heroldsbach, DE
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - München
International Classification:
G06F 15/173
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for identifying an order of users of a network, whereby the network contains a multitude of nodes and each of the nodes has a number of connections by which the nodes and the users can be interconnected. Disclosed embodiments of the method include: a) identifying the node connected to one of the users; b) determining the number of connections of this node and a predetermined hierarchy of the connections; c) determining, for these nodes, the connection with which the user is connected to this node and; d) determining, for the nodes, other connections that are connected to other nodes or to other users; e) establishing a relationship between users of the network based on the hierarchy of the connections that is predefined for node and on the determined connections that are connected to users or to other nodes.