Building social networks using shared content data relating to a common interest
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of building a social network for interactivity of users within an interest group comprising:
- defining an interest for a user;
loading content relating to the interest in a computing device operated by the user;
identifying other users within a network of the user to define the interest group;
defining access privileges for the other users to the content on the computing device; and
obtaining non-content data from the other users to make one or more decisions related to the interest, wherein the non-content data comprises opinion information of a consultant user weighted by a bias value, wherein the bias value corresponds to an expertise level of the consultant user, and wherein the access privileges relate to a relationship value between the user the consultant user.
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Abstract
Embodiments for a method for implementing social network interactivity are described. A method according to embodiments comprises defining an interest for a user, loading content relating to the interest in a computing device operated by the user, identifying members within a network of the user to define the interest group, defining access privileges for the members with respect to the content on the computing device, and obtaining non-content data from the members to make one or more decisions related to the interest. The non-content data comprises opinion information of a consultant member weighted by a bias value, wherein the bias value depends on the expertise of the consultant member, and wherein the access privileges depend in part on the relationship between the user the consultant member.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of building a social network for interactivity of users within an interest group comprising:
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defining an interest for a user;
loading content relating to the interest in a computing device operated by the user;
identifying other users within a network of the user to define the interest group;
defining access privileges for the other users to the content on the computing device; and
obtaining non-content data from the other users to make one or more decisions related to the interest, wherein the non-content data comprises opinion information of a consultant user weighted by a bias value, wherein the bias value corresponds to an expertise level of the consultant user, and wherein the access privileges relate to a relationship value between the user the consultant user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented method of defining and utilizing information within a social network comprising:
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creating an interest group consisting of a plurality of members who share an interest;
storing content data relating to the interest on a computing device operated by each user of the plurality of members;
deriving recommendation information for the plurality of members regarding the interest; and
providing the recommendation information to the user in response to a query from the user to the plurality of members related to a decision to be made by the user or an action to be taken by the user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method for providing social network interaction comprising:
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formulating a query to reach a decision about an item of interest;
identifying consultants with expertise with respect to the interest;
transmitting the query to one or more of the consultants;
obtaining recommendations from at least one consultant of the consultants;
accessing content data representing objects related to an aspect of the interest on a computing device operated by the at least one consultant;
tabulating the recommendations to provide a suggested decision strategy. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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