| Date/App# |
 List of recent Social Network-related patents |
07/24/14
20140208424 |   Imposter account detection and remediation in a social networking system
When a request to connected a requesting user to a target user is received by the social networking system, information associated with the requesting user and with users connected to the target user is retrieved. A fraud probability score indicating a probability that the requesting user is impersonating a user connected to the target user is determined based on the information associated with the requesting user and with users connected to the target user. |
07/24/14
20140208239 |  Graphical aggregation of virtualized network communication
Techniques are described for aggregating information from multiple network-accessible service providers (such as multiple social networking service providers) using virtual objects to represent information, media and services in a plurality of rendered virtual environments, each of which may be associated with one or more users of the multiple service providers. A virtual environment associated with one or more particular users may be presented as any of a variety of internal or external spaces. |
07/24/14
20140208235 |  Dynamic information management system and method for content delivery and sharing in content-, metadata- & viewer-based, live social networking among users concurrently engaged in the same and/or similar content
Disclosed are tools, methods, and systems for establishing generally live, content-based social networks, and for concurrently sharing content and content-relevant information within a social network. A service registers viewers and/or n-users, and provides tools that enable a viewer to identify n-users concurrently viewing the same or similar content, or having an interest in the same or similar content. |
07/24/14
20140208234 |  Sponsored interfaces in a social networking system
A sponsored interface of a social networking system includes links to different items accessible in the system, arranged by category. Each of the items is associated with a category from a plurality of categories. |
07/24/14
20140208233 |  User interface for bookmarks in a social networking system
A bookmark displays one or more bookmark tiles each linked to an object in a social networking system, allowing faster and easier access to the linked objects. The bookmark tiles are arranged in a tile region displayed proximate to a page of content from the social networking system. |
07/24/14
20140208232 |  Enabling delayed interactions with content items presented by a social networking system
When a user sees a content item presented by a social networking system, the user may select an option to save the content item. The saved content item may be reinserted in a newsfeed presented to the user, integrated into collections, archived, used for notifications to the user, or otherwise subsequently presented to the user. |
07/24/14
20140208231 |  Selecting configurations for presentation of story units to social networking system users
A social networking system selects a configuration for presenting a story unit describing one or more actions performed by one or more social networking system users. In particular, story units having a particular type are presented to social networking system users using different configurations. |
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07/24/14
20140207915 |  Computerized media information streaming system
A system for streaming information from one computer to another computer is disclosed. A player computerized system connects through a web interface server into a station community through a social networking website on the web interface server, wherein the station community has media information for a plurality of songs from a website online stream. |
07/24/14
20140207900 |  Conversion tracking for installation of applications on mobile devices
An application executing on a mobile device, such as an application associated with a social networking system provides a link to install a third-party application. The link may be presented in an advertisement, and the link is used to retrieve data comprising a client application for execution by the mobile device. |
07/24/14
20140207886 |  Automatically providing a communication based on location information for a user of a social networking system
Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members are provided. According to one embodiment, contact content including an associated gps identifier and status for web-based social network members located at or near the same location automatically appears on a gps-enabled device. |
07/24/14
20140207877 | Method and system for associating a social networking identifier with a network subscriber account
An approach for enabling delivery and presentment of service provider notification messages to a subscribed user via a social networking service of the user is described. An integration platform determines whether a network identifier for accessing a social networking service via a communication network is associated with subscriber account information maintained by the communication service provider. |
07/24/14
20140207866 | Content surfacing based on geo-social factors
In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system determines a user's current location, calculates a novelty score for the location representing the user's degree of familiarity, and surfaces content within a geographic and temporal radius based on the novelty score for display to the user.. . |
07/24/14
20140207865 | Dynamically aggregating and configuring access to social networking contacts
Embodiments dynamically aggregate and configure access to social networking contacts. A server system receives information from one or more users enrolled into the server system. |
07/24/14
20140207864 | Method for maintaining a parental control online profile for a child
A method for maintaining a parental control online profile for a child is executed through a user account and a social network system, wherein the social network system includes a plurality of user accounts. The user account can access at least one child profile, and the at least one child profile is completed a plurality of photographs which creates a timeline for the at least one child profile. |
07/24/14
20140207860 | Categorizing stories in a social networking system news feed
A social networking system generates stories based on actions taken by entities of the social networking system. The system applies a set of rules to the stories to categorize each story and displays the news feed as multiple sections, each displaying a category of generated stories. |
07/24/14
20140207847 | Portable bandwidth server
Systems and methods are disclosed for a user to share bandwidth among multiple devices, and for a sharing device to share available bandwidth among different users. The bandwidth sharing platform can leverage social network techniques to facilitate user access, and sharing is incentivized by rewarding various types of sharing activity.. |
07/24/14
20140207840 | System and method for processing real time display of changes to data triggered by changes in a data supply chain
The present invention is directed to a method and system for conducting one or a plurality of scenarios, simulations, games, or sport in which a plurality of participants are able to designate or “draft” or be assigned a set of assets, such a football team or basketball team or a set of military assets. Participants are further able to alter allocation of said assets according the rules and processes for reallocation of said game, sport or simulation in a real time crowd sourced pervasive computing environment. |
07/24/14
20140207815 | Method, system and computer program for managing social networking service information
Method for managing social networking service information of a first user, comprising: retrieving from a first social networking service first information in respect of at least one second user of the first social networking service; storing the retrieved first information in a database; retrieving from a second social networking service second information in respect of at least one third user; storing the retrieved second information in the database; receiving a search query from a client device; effecting a search of the database in respect of the search query; and sending results of the search to the client device of the first user. Systems and computer program related to the methods are also disclosed.. |
07/24/14
20140207793 | Sponsored recommendation in a social networking system
A social networking system presents suggestions to a user of a social networking system to use or install one or more applications accessible in the system. The social networking system offers suggestions by ranking candidate applications for a particular user and selecting applications to recommend based on the rankings. |
07/24/14
20140207780 | Grouping system using genotype-based sns
Disclosed is a grouping system using a genotype-based sns in that, when the peoples having a genotype want to form their community, it provides a means of access to the genotype of an individual's particular position within the limit of a technical security maintenance, so that the social networks is constituted online according to the genetic identity, whereby satisfying personal tastes of the members.. . |
07/24/14
20140207695 | Social network-based fundraising system and method thereof
A processor implemented method comprising receiving, from a first coordinator, contact information for each of a first set of potential contributors and creating a first fundraising group. The method further comprises facilitating a payment of a contribution from at least one member of the first fundraising group to a fundraising entity and receiving contact information for each of a second set of potential contributors. |
07/24/14
20140207677 | Portable bandwidth
Systems and methods are disclosed for a user to share bandwidth among multiple devices, and for a sharing device to share available bandwidth among different users. The bandwidth sharing platform can leverage social network techniques to facilitate user access, and sharing is incentivized by rewarding various types of sharing activity.. |
07/24/14
20140207676 | Portable bandwidth router
Systems and methods are disclosed for a user to share bandwidth among multiple devices, and for a sharing device to share available bandwidth among different users. The bandwidth sharing platform can leverage social network techniques to facilitate user access, and sharing is incentivized by rewarding various types of sharing activity.. |
07/24/14
20140207671 | Customer relationship management using mobile device and method therefor
The present invention relates to a system and method for managing customers by using a mobile device, and in particular, to a system and method for managing customers by using a mobile device for dispatching a mobile gift card to potential customers, contacting the potential customers through telemarketing, introducing a mobile homepage assigned to a customer managing company to the potential customers so as to provide various benefits, linking the mobile homepage accessed by the potential customers to the social network service (sns) account of the customer managing company, and providing information about a terminal or the mobile homepage of the customer managing company close to the potential customers by using a location information search in real time. Accordingly, the potential customer can receive various benefits and have continuous communication so that customer management effectiveness can be maximized and a secondary promotion for the customer management company is made possible.. |
07/24/14
20140207609 | Generating and maintaining a list of products desired by a social networking system user
A social networking system associates a wish list with a user's profile on the system. Additional users connected to the user may add products to the user to the user's wish list. |
07/24/14
20140207585 | Simplified creation of advertisements for a social networking system
An advertisement interface presents a single input field for creating advertisements using a social networking system. When input is received via the single input field, the social networking system determines whether the destination identified by the input is internal to or external to the social networking system. |
07/24/14
20140207568 | Biasing selection of advertising based on real-time user interactions in a social networking system
A social networking system receives advertisement requests from advertisers describing information about advertisements and determines one or more ad topics associated with the advertisements. When an advertisement is to be presented to a user, the social networking system determines one or more topics associated with the user from actions performed by the user and identifies candidate advertisements having ad topics matching, or similar to, the topics associated with the user. |
07/24/14
20140207562 | Method and apparatus to calculate real-time customer satisfaction and loyalty metric using social media analytics
A method and system are disclosed for providing a near-real-time measurement of sentiment and advocacy associated with user interactions within a social media environment. A first and second set of social media data, respectively associated with a first and second set of social media interactions, are processed to generate a first and second set of social network advocacy (sna) data in near-real-time. |
07/24/14
20140207561 | Method and apparatus to create a mash-up of social media data and business data to derive actionable insights for the business
A method and system are disclosed for providing near-real-time actionable insights associated with user interactions within a social media environment. A first and second set of social media data, respectively associated with a first and second set of social media interactions, are processed to generate a first and second set of social network advocacy pulse (snap) data in near-real-time. |
07/24/14
20140207560 | Method and apparatus to derive product-level competitive insights in real-time using social media analytics
A method and system are disclosed for providing near-real-time competitive insights associated with user interactions within a social media environment. A first and second set of social media data, respectively associated with a first and second set of social media interactions, are processed to generate a first and second set of social network advocacy (sna) data in near-real-time. |
07/24/14
20140207547 | Associating financial accounts with a social networking system user profile
A social networking system associates a financial account identified by a user with a user profile maintained by the social networking system for the user. The social networking system may compensate the user for associating the financial account with the user profile by crediting the identified financial account by an amount. |
07/24/14
20140207525 | Method and apparatus to calculate social pricing index to determine product pricing in real-time
A method and system are disclosed for providing a near-real-time pricing index associated with user interactions within a social media environment. A first and second set of social media data, respectively associated with a first and second set of social media interactions, are processed to generate a first and second set of social network advocacy (sna) data in near-real-time. |
07/24/14
20140207441 | Semantic clustering and user interfaces
Semantic clustering techniques are described. In various implementations, a conversational agent is configured to perform semantic clustering of a corpus of user utterances. |
07/17/14
20140201650 | Adjusting the display of social media updates to varying degrees of richness based on environmental conditions and importance of the update
A method, system and computer program product for adjusting a display of social media updates to varying degrees of richness. A level of importance for each social media update is identified and assigned to the update. |
07/17/14
20140201292 | Digital business card system performing social networking commonality comparisions, professional profile curation and personal brand management
An icon added to a message of a sender provides a tool for recipients of the message to determine commonalities with the sender. The recipient activates the icon to initiate retrieval of social networking information from social networking network locations of the recipient to the recipient's computer. |
07/17/14
20140201291 | System and method for creating a geographically-defined social network
A system and method for creating a geographically-defined social network. In the preferred embodiment, residents living in a defined geographical area, such as a particular neighborhood, are connected to one another via a social network. |
07/17/14
20140201288 | Interaction using content
A method, computer-readable medium and system for interacting using content are disclosed. A web response may be executed on a first computer system and/or another computer system associated with the first computer system responsive to the initiation of a call over a voice channel between the first computer system and a second computer system. |
07/17/14
20140201287 | Method, apparatus and system for social networking
A method, apparatus and system for social networking is provided. In an embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of mobile devices that can directly connect to each other via a peer-to-peer connection. |
07/17/14
20140201284 | Information processing device, information processing method, portable terminal, and server
There is provided a technique to assist operation in a social network system. An information processing device includes a motion data acquirer that acquires motion data of a user, a motion data comparator that compares the motion data acquired by the motion data acquirer with comparative motion data, and an operation executor that executes predetermined operation to social network service utilized by the user based on a comparison result of the motion data comparator. |
07/17/14
20140201283 | Personalizing a social networking profile page
A method of personalizing a social networking profile page within a computer network, the method comprising receiving user preferences from an owner of a social network profile, receiving data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile, and differentiating artifacts available on the owner's social networking profile based on the user preferences and data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile.. . |
07/17/14
20140201281 | Social network for mobile nodes
A social network may be established between mobile nodes using a wireless connection. Establishing the social network may be based on an estimated time duration of the wireless connection. |
07/17/14
20140201272 | Adjusting the display of social media updates to varying degrees of richness based on environmental conditions and importance of the update
A method, system and computer program product for adjusting a display of social media updates to varying degrees of richness. A level of importance for each social media update is identified and assigned to the update. |
07/17/14
20140201271 | User generated rating by machine classification of entity
Methods and systems for improving user generated ratings by machine classification of an entity are disclosed. Customer rating systems can be analyzed and the corresponding entity interaction on social media networks can be observed. |
07/17/14
20140201269 | Personalizing a social networking profile page
A computer network comprising a number of user devices and a preferences control module, in which the preferences control module receives user preferences from an owner of a social network profile, receives data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile, and distinguishes a number of artifacts on the owner's social networking profile from other artifacts on the profile based on the user preferences and data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile. A method of personalizing a social networking profile page within a computer network, the method comprising receiving user preferences from an owner of a social network profile, receiving data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile, and differentiating artifacts available on the owner's social networking profile based on the user preferences and data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile.. |
07/17/14
20140201216 | Creating user skill profiles through use of an enterprise social network
Systems and methods to generate user skill profiles through use of an enterprise social network are disclosed. An example method may include linking hash tags and people tags with access to at least one topic-based discussion space in the enterprise social network. |
07/17/14
20140201173 | File-based social recommendations in a social network
Example embodiments relate to file-based social recommendations. In example embodiments, a system may search a social network to identify uploaded files that are similar to a file from a user and then identify unconnected users that uploaded the uploaded files, where the unconnected users are not connected to the user in the social network. |
07/17/14
20140201126 | Methods and systems for applications for z-numbers
Specification covers new algorithms, methods, and systems for artificial intelligence, soft computing, and deep learning/recognition, e.g., image recognition (e.g., for action, gesture, emotion, expression, biometrics, fingerprint, facial, ocr (text), background, relationship, position, pattern, and object), big data analytics, machine learning, training schemes, crowd-sourcing (experts), feature space, clustering, classification, svm, similarity measures, modified boltzmann machines, optimization, search engine, ranking, question-answering system, soft (fuzzy or unsharp) boundaries/impreciseness/ambiguities/fuzziness in language, natural language processing (nlp), computing-with-words (cww), parsing, machine translation, sound and speech recognition, video search and analysis (e.g. Tracking), image annotation, geometrical abstraction, image correction, semantic web, context analysis, data reliability, z-number, z-web, z-factor, rules engine, control system, autonomous vehicle, self-diagnosis and self-repair robots, system diagnosis, medical diagnosis, biomedicine, data mining, event prediction, financial forecasting, economics, risk assessment, e-mail management, database management, indexing and join operation, memory management, data compression, event-centric social network, image ad network.. |
07/17/14
20140201096 | Social recommendations for business process platform
Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for integrating business data and social data in execution of a business process, implementations including actions of receiving user input, the user input being associated with a task of the business process and being received during interaction with an application, determining that a social query is triggered, querying business data based on a business query, the business query being generated based on the user input, querying social networking data based on the social query, the social query being generated at least partially based on the user input, receiving business data in response to the business query, receiving social data in response to the social query, and providing at least a portion of the business data and at least a portion of the social data for display to a user that provided the user input.. . |