Transformation of a content file into a content-centric social network

• US 10,341,419 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TNQ Books & Journals Private Limited
• Original Assignee: TNQ Books & Journals Private Limited
• Inventors: Kidambi, Venkatesan Sumangali, Mannargudi Venkatraman, Bhaskar, Sivaprakasam, Peroli, Natarajan, Ganesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Jacobs, Lashonda T
• Application Number:
  US15/292,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20180041567A1
• Time in Patent Office: 992 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5683 Storage of data provided by user terminals, i.e. reverse caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A method and a file networking system (FNS) transform a content file into a content-centric social network with managed connectivity and indexable touchpoints. The FNS injects a tracking code with widgets for user activities into each portable copy of the content file when user devices request access to the content file before distributing the portable copies to the user devices through a network. The FNS establishes a bidirectional communication with the distributed portable copies (DPCs) through the network to receive tracking information including user created touchpoints identified by the tracking code based on usage of the DPCs. The FNS indexes the touchpoints and creates a satellite internet of users of the DPCs based on invite information and usage of the DPCs. The FNS establishes communication between users of the DPCs in the satellite internet using the widgets through the tracking code and the indexed touchpoints, whereby grouping is automatically achieved.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for transforming a content file into a content-centric social network with managed connectivity and indexable touchpoints, the method employing a file networking system comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer program instructions for performing the method comprising:

injecting a tracking code with widgets for user activities into each of one or more portable copies of the content file by the file networking system based on preconfigured criteria in response to a request to access the content file from one or more first user devices, wherein the file networking system transforms said each of said one or more portable copies of the content file into one or more homed portable copies of the content file by embedding the tracking code into said each of said one or more portable copies of the content file, and wherein the file networking system radio collars said each of said one or more portable copies of the content file for tracking said each of said one or more portable copies;

distributing the one or more portable copies of the content file with the injected tracking code in the each of the one or more portable copies of the content file to one or more second user devices through a network by the file networking system based on invite information received by the file networking system with the request to access the content file, wherein the one or more second user devices comprise the one or more first user devices and invitee user devices addressed in the invite information;

establishing a bidirectional communication between the file networking system and the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices through the network by the file networking system;

receiving tracking information comprising touchpoints by the file networking system based on usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file via the established bidirectional communication while managing to cover for loss of connectivity over the network, wherein the touchpoints are defined by user interactions with the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices and are identified by the injected tracking code in each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices, wherein the file networking system inserts hidden inline frame tags automatically into a source file from which the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file is downloaded to the one or more second user devices, wherein the file networking system establishes RESTful services for receiving the tracking information from said each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file stored on the one or more second user devices, wherein the file networking system establishes a signaling handshake between the inline frame tag in said each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file and the RESTful services established on the file networking system, wherein when any of said distributed one or more portable copies of the content file is in use, the file networking system receives a signal from the inline frame tag in said distributed one or more portable copies of the content file being used through the RESTful services, wherein the received signal comprises the tracking information of said distributed one or more portable copies of the content file being used;

indexing the touchpoints in the received tracking information by the file networking system for tracking the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file;

creating a satellite internet of users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices by the file networking system based on the invite information and the tracked usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file; and

establishing communication between users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users by the file networking system using one or more of the widgets for the user activities through the injected tracking code in the each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file and the indexed touchpoints, thereby transforming the content file into the content-centric social network with the managed connectivity and the indexable touchpoints.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the tracking information is stored locally on the one or more second user devices by the injected tracking code in the each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the loss of the connectivity between the file networking system and the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file over the network, and transmitted to the file networking system from the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices on reestablishment of the connectivity between the file networking system and the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file over the network.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the preconfigured criteria for the injection of the tracking code with the widgets for the user activities into the each of the one or more portable copies of the content file by the file networking system comprise definitions of user roles and a usage agreement.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein the user roles comprise a publisher of the content file, an author of the content file, a reader of the content file, and an editor of the content file.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising logging the user activities in the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users by the file networking system using one or more of the widgets for the user activities through the injected tracking code in the each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file for the establishment of the communication between the users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising compiling usage information associated with the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices from the received tracking information and the established communication between the users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users by the file networking system.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

sending the compiled usage information associated with the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices of one or more readers of the content file to the one or more second user devices of a publisher of the content file by the file networking system; and

facilitating targeting of advertisements published by the publisher of the content file to the one or more second user devices of the one or more readers of the content file by the file networking system based on the compiled usage information.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 6, further comprising rendering the compiled usage information associated with the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices of one or more readers of the content file to the one or more second user devices of one or more authors of the content file by the file networking system for initiating a selective communication with the one or more readers of the content file by the one or more authors of the content file based on the compiled usage information and allowing monitoring of the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices of the one or more readers of the content file by the one or more authors of the content file.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

sending the compiled usage information associated with the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices of one or more authors of the content file to the one or more second user devices of a publisher of the content file by the file networking system; and

establishing a round-trip communication between the one or more authors of the content file and the publisher of the content file by the file networking system for review of the content file prior to publication of the content file and for performing updates to the content file after the publication of the content file based on the compiled usage information.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising grouping the one or more second user devices into one or more groups by the file networking system automatically based on the access of the content file.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the file networking system, updates made to the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file by users of one or more of the one or more second user devices based on predetermined user rights associated with the users of the one or more of the one or more second user devices;

updating the content file based on the received updates by the file networking system; and

generating and transmitting notifications of an availability of the updated content file by the file networking system to users of the one or more second user devices for providing access of the updated content file to the one or more second user devices.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising detecting computing devices and consuming devices from among the one or more second user devices by the file networking system for the establishment of the bidirectional communication between the file networking system and the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file and the establishment of the communication between the users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file in the created satellite internet of users.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the invite information comprises digital addresses of users of the invitee user devices, received from one or more of the one or more first user devices.

14. A file networking system for transforming a content file into a content-centric social network with managed connectivity and indexable touchpoints, the file networking system comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store computer program instructions defined by modules of the file networking system; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the at least one processor configured to execute the computer program instructions defined by the modules of the file networking system, the modules comprising;

a code injection module configured to inject a tracking code with widgets for user activities into each of one or more portable copies of the content file based on preconfigured criteria in response to a request to access the content file from one or more first user devices, wherein the file networking system transforms said each of said one or more portable copies of the content file into one or more homed portable copies of the content file by embedding the tracking code into said each of said one or more portable copies of the content file, and wherein the file networking system radio collars said each of said one or more portable copies of the content file for tracking said each of said one or more portable copies;

a file distribution module configured to distribute the one or more portable copies of the content file with the injected tracking code in the each of the one or more portable copies of the content file to one or more second user devices through a network based on invite information received by a data communication module of the file networking system with the request to access the content file, wherein the one or more second user devices comprise the one or more first user devices and invitee user devices addressed in the invite information;

a network communication module configured to establish a bidirectional communication between the file networking system and the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices through the network;

the data communication module configured to receive tracking information comprising touchpoints based on usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file via the established bidirectional communication while managing to cover for loss of connectivity over the network, wherein the touchpoints are defined by user interactions with the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices and are identified by the injected tracking code in each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices, wherein the file networking system inserts hidden inline frame tags automatically into a source file from which the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file is downloaded to the one or more second user devices, wherein the file networking system establishes RESTful services for receiving the tracking information from said each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file stored on the one or more second user devices, wherein the file networking system establishes a signaling handshake between the inline frame tag in said each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file and the RESTful services established on the file networking system, wherein when any of said distributed one or more portable copies of the content file is in use, the file networking system receives a signal from the inline frame tag in said distributed one or more portable copies of the content file being used through the RESTful services, wherein the received signal comprises the tracking information of said distributed one or more portable copies of the content file being used;

an indexing engine configured to index the touchpoints in the received tracking information for tracking the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file;

a satellite internet creation module configured to create a satellite internet of users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices based on the invite information and the tracked usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file; and

the satellite internet creation module further configured to establish communication between users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users using one or more of the widgets for the user activities through the injected tracking code in the each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file and the indexed touchpoints, thereby transforming the content file into the content-centric social network with the managed connectivity and the indexable touchpoints.

15. The file networking system of claim 14, wherein the modules further comprise an activity logging module configured to log the user activities in the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users using one or more of the widgets for the user activities through the injected tracking code in the each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file for the establishment of the communication between the users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users.

16. The file networking system of claim 14, wherein the modules further comprise a usage analytics engine configured to compile usage information associated with the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices from the received tracking information and the established communication between the users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users.

17. The file networking system of claim 14, wherein the satellite internet creation module is further configured to group the one or more second user devices into one or more groups automatically based on the access of the content file.

18. The file networking system of claim 14, wherein the data communication module is further configured to receive updates made to the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file by users of one or more of the one or more second user devices based on predetermined user rights associated with the users of the one or more of the one or more second user devices, and wherein the modules of the file networking system further comprise:

a file update module configured to update the content file based on the received updates; and

a notification module configured to generate and transmit notifications of an availability of the updated content file to users of the one or more second user devices for providing access of the updated content file to the one or more second user devices.

19. The file networking system of claim 14, wherein the data communication module is further configured to detect computing devices and consuming devices from among the one or more second user devices for the establishment of the bidirectional communication between the file networking system and the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file and the establishment of the communication between the users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file in the created satellite internet of users.

20. The file networking system of claim 14, wherein the preconfigured criteria for the injection of the tracking code with the widgets for the user activities into the each of the one or more portable copies of the content file by the code injection module comprise definitions of user roles and a usage agreement, and wherein the user roles comprise a publisher of the content file, an author of the content file, a reader of the content file, and an editor of the content file.

21. The file networking system of claim 14, wherein the invite information comprises digital addresses of users of the invitee user devices, received by the data communication module from one or more of the one or more first user devices.

22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon, computer program codes comprising instructions executable by at least one processor for transforming a content file into a content-centric social network with managed connectivity and indexable touchpoints, the computer program codes comprising:

a first computer program code for injecting a tracking code with widgets for user activities into each of one or more portable copies of the content file based on preconfigured criteria in response to a request to access the content file from one or more first user devices, wherein the preconfigured criteria comprise definitions of user roles and a usage agreement, wherein the file networking system transforms said each of said one or more portable copies of the content file into one or more homed portable copies of the content file by embedding the tracking code into said each of said one or more portable copies of the content file, and wherein the file networking system radio collars said each of said one or more portable copies of the content file for tracking said each of said one or more portable copies;

a second computer program code for distributing the one or more portable copies of the content file with the injected tracking code in the each of the one or more portable copies of the content file to one or more second user devices through a network based on invite information received with the request to access the content file, wherein the one or more second user devices comprise the one or more first user devices and invitee user devices addressed in the invite information;

a third computer program code for establishing a bidirectional communication between the file networking system and the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices through the network;

a fourth computer program code for receiving tracking information comprising touchpoints based on usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file via the established bidirectional communication while managing to cover for loss of connectivity over the network, wherein the touchpoints are defined by user interactions with the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices and are identified by the injected tracking code in each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices, wherein the file networking system inserts hidden inline frame tags automatically into a source file from which the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file is downloaded to the one or more second user devices, wherein the file networking system establishes RESTful services for receiving the tracking information from said each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file stored on the one or more second user devices, wherein the file networking system establishes a signaling handshake between the inline frame tag in said each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file and the RESTful services established on the file networking system, wherein when any of said distributed one or more portable copies of the content file is in use, the file networking system receives a signal from the inline frame tag in said distributed one or more portable copies of the content file being used through the RESTful services, wherein the received signal comprises the tracking information of said distributed one or more portable copies of the content file being used;

a fifth computer program code for indexing the touchpoints in the received tracking information for tracking the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file;

a sixth computer program code for creating a satellite internet of users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices, based on the invite information and the tracked usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file; and

a seventh computer program code for establishing communication between users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users using one or more of the widgets for the user activities through the injected tracking code in the each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file and the indexed touchpoints, thereby transforming the content file into the content-centric social network with the managed connectivity and the indexable touchpoints.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the seventh computer program code further comprises an eighth computer program code for logging the user activities in the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users using one or more of the widgets for the user activities through the injected tracking code in the each of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file for the establishment of the communication between the users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the computer program codes further comprise a ninth computer program code for compiling usage information associated with the usage of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices from the received tracking information and the established communication between the users of the distributed one or more portable copies of the content file on the one or more second user devices in the created satellite internet of users.