Method for processing and displaying real-time social data on map

• US 10,540,386 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2014
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shaofeng Yang
• Original Assignee: Shaofeng Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Shaofeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Pitaro, Ryan F
• Application Number:
  US14/910,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20160179823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,989 Days
• Field of Search: 715764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/287 Visualization; Browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Social data obtained from social networks first undergo preliminary processing to remove the social data that do not have a workable attribute. Next, the social data go through machine learning process and stored firstly in a cache of main server and later on in a big data database that is distributed into different servers at different locations, with the purpose of better security and efficiency. When a client requests or search a certain attribute, such as location, the well processed and organized social data stored in the cache and the big data database will be searched in order to find the corresponding social data, which will then be present at a map based on such social data'"'"'s location attribute. The foregoing process can be implemented as an application of a handheld device, such as cell phone, or a website that is accessible for both handheld device and computer.

Claims

1. A client device comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, which when executed by a computer of the client device, performs the following steps:

receiving a first input from a user;

transmitting a request for social data based on the first input;

receiving processed social data in response to the request, wherein the processed social data includes location attributes that correspond to physical locations of the processed social data'"'"'s generators, respectively; and

displaying a social map on the client device based on the processed social data, wherein;

the social map comprises at least a first goo-map the of a first geographical area;

the first geo-map tile is overlaid with a first description compiled from a first portion of the processed social data that includes a location attribute corresponding to the first geographical area;

the first description comprises a first attribute category comprising a first listing of individual attributes and a corresponding numerical count for each of the individual attributes of the first listing;

for each individual attribute of the first listing, its corresponding count identifies the frequency of the individual attribute in the first portion of the processed social data the first listing of individual attributes is sorted based upon the corresponding count of each of the individual attributes; and

at least two individual attributes of the first listing of individual attributes have the same corresponding count and attributes are sorted in the first listing based on their respective recentness in the first portion of the processed social data.

2. The client device of claim 1, wherein the computer program, when executed by the computer, further performs the steps of:

zooming in on the social map in response to a second input from the user.

3. The client device of claim 2, wherein the step of zooming in comprises:

displaying at least a second geo-map tile of a second geographical area and a third geo-map tile of a third geographical area,

wherein;

the second and third geographical areas are located within the first geographical area;

the second geo-map tile is overlaid with a second description compiled from a second portion of the processed social data that includes a location attribute corresponding to the second geographical area; and

the third geo-map tile is overlaid with a third description compiled from a third portion of the processed social data that includes a location attribute corresponding to the third geographical area.

4. The client device of claim 1, wherein the computer program, when executed by the computer of the client device, further performs, after displaying the social map, the steps of:

receiving updated processed social data in response to the request, wherein the updated processed social data includes location attributes; and

redisplaying a social map on the client device based on the updated processed social data, wherein;

the sorting of the first listing is updated to reflect the updated processed social data.

5. The client device of claim 1, wherein the first description further comprises:

a second attribute category comprising a second listing of individual attributes; and

a corresponding numerical count for each of the individual attributes of the second listing, wherein;

for each individual attribute of the second listing, its corresponding count identifies the frequency of the individual attribute in the first portion of the processed social data.

6. The client device claim 1, wherein the first input is a hashtag or user identifier.

7. The client device claim 1, wherein:

the client device is a mobile phone or tablet; and

the computer program is an application running on the client device.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the processed social data is additionally associated with a date or time tag or date or time information.

9. A method of displaying social data on a client device, comprising:

receiving a first input from a user;

transmitting a request for social data based on the first input;

receiving processed social data in response to the request, wherein the processed social data includes location attributes that correspond to physical locations of the processed social data'"'"'s generators, respectively; and

displaying a social map on the client device based on the processed social data, wherein;

the social map comprises at least a first geo-map the of a first geographical area;

the first geo-map the is overlaid with a first description compiled from a first portion of the processed social data that includes a location attribute corresponding to the first geographical area;

the first description comprises a first attribute category comprising a first listing of individual attributes and a corresponding numerical count for each of the Individual attributes of the first listing;

for each individual attribute of the first listing, its corresponding count identifies the frequency of the individual attribute in the first portion of the processed social data the first listing of individual attributes is sorted based upon the corresponding count of each of the individual attributes; and

at least two individual attributes of the first listing of individual attributes have the same corresponding count and are sorted in the first listing based on theft respective recentness in the first portion of the processed social data.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

zooming in on the social map in response to a second input from the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of zooming in comprises:

displaying at least a second geo-map tile of a second geographical area and a third geo-map tile of a third geographical area,

wherein;

the second and third geographical areas are located within the first geographical area;

the second geo-map tile is overlaid with a second description compiled from a second portion of the processed social data that includes a location attribute corresponding to the second geographical area; and

the third geo-map tile is overlaid with a third description compiled from a third portion of processed social data that includes a location attribute corresponding to the third geographical area.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising, after displaying the social map:

receiving updated processed social data in response to the request, wherein the updated processed social data includes location attributes; and

redisplaying a social map on the client device based on the updated processed social data, wherein;

the sorting of the first listing is updated to reflect the updated processed social data.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first description further comprises:

a second attribute category comprising a second listing of individual attributes; and

a corresponding numerical count for each of the individual attributes of the second listing, wherein;

for each individual attribute of the second listing, its corresponding count identifies the frequency of the individual attribute in the first portion of the processed social data.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first input is a hashtag or user identifier.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the processed social data is additionally associated with a date or time tag or date or time information.