22nets: method, system, and apparatus for building content and talent marketplaces and archives based on a social network
First Claim
1. ) A method for creating networked, ranked, branded archives and marketplaces of content based upon interactions of creators, content aggregators, browsers, users, and consumers in the context of a mutually-defined social network.
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Abstract
The novel social network described herein allows content creators, as well content aggregators and network builders, to profit in novel manners. A method and system allows users, who create content archives and marketplaces in which individuals and content in the database are connected by mutually defined relationships determined by the content creators/owners, uploaders, aggregators, and/or viewers of said content, to better profit from the networks they build. Higher-quality archives and marketplaces result. A tiered commission system, proportional to the degrees of separation in the network, provides a revenue share for creators and viewers who participate in and create content and/or marketplaces. Information inherent within the nodes is mined so as to afford a tiered revenue-sharing system. An improved method of content distribution empowering creators of content and participants is disclosed herein, along with a superior social network.
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- 1. ) A method for creating networked, ranked, branded archives and marketplaces of content based upon interactions of creators, content aggregators, browsers, users, and consumers in the context of a mutually-defined social network.
- 15. ) A method for creating networked, ranked archives of content based upon interactions of creators, content aggregators, browsers, and/or consumers in the context of a mutually-defined social network where creators and all uploaders of content are afforded a means for full spectrum of rights management options for said content.
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18. ) In a computer system including a server computer and a database of registered users and registered content that stores for each registered user and piece of content, a user ID of the registered user and a content ID and rights information for each piece of content associated with said registered user and a set of user IDs of registered users who are directly connected to the registered user, and a set of content IDs represented content of registered users who are directly connected to the registered user or other registered content, a method for connecting a first registered user to a second registered user through one or more other registered users, a method for connecting the content of first registered user to content of a second registered user through one or more registered users, the method comprising the steps of:
- setting a maximum degree of separation (Nmax) of at least two that is allowed for connecting any two registered users and their related content, wherein two registered users and their associated content who are directly connected are deemed to be separated by one degree of separation and two registered users and their associated content who are connected through no less than one other registered user are deemed to be separated by two degrees of separation and two registered users and their associated content who are connected through no less than N other registered users are deemed to be separated by N+1 degrees of separation;
searching for the user ID and content IDs of the second registered user in the sets of user and content IDs that are stored for registered users and their associated content who are less than Nmax degrees of separation away from the first registered user and their associated content, and not in the sets of user IDs and content IDs that are stored for registered users who are greater than or equal to Nmax degrees of separation away from the first registered user, until the user ID and associated content IDs of the second registered user is found in one of the searched sets; and
connecting the first registered user and their associated content to the second registered user and their associated content if the user ID and/or content IDs of the second registered user is found in one of the searched sets, wherein the method limits the searching of the second registered user in the sets of user IDs and/or content IDs that are stored for registered users who are less than Nmax degrees of separation away from the first registered user, such that the first registered user and their associated content and the second registered user and their associated content who are separated by more than Nmax degrees of separation are not found and connected. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
- setting a maximum degree of separation (Nmax) of at least two that is allowed for connecting any two registered users and their related content, wherein two registered users and their associated content who are directly connected are deemed to be separated by one degree of separation and two registered users and their associated content who are connected through no less than one other registered user are deemed to be separated by two degrees of separation and two registered users and their associated content who are connected through no less than N other registered users are deemed to be separated by N+1 degrees of separation;
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