METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL AND CONTENT NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing integrated social and content networks comprising the steps of:
- specifying a social network comprising multiple user nodes, at least some of the user nodes being joined to one another by one or more internal links;
specifying a content network comprising multiple content nodes, wherein at least some of said content nodes comprise multimedia content;
analyzing data elements associated with respective nodes of said user and content networks, in order to identify a set of nodes comprising at least first and second user nodes and first and second content nodes, wherein two of said nodes comprise end nodes;
further analyzing said data elements to identify at least three commonality links that collectively join all the nodes of said set together into a structure that defines an open loop extending between said end nodes; and
determining whether a further link is a valid commonality link, wherein said further link is initially inferred to extend between said end two nodes of said set, and to cooperatively join with said at least three identified commonality links to form a closed loop.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided to analyze social and content networks, to identify new relationships among users and content, and to more effectively link users to content. Embodiments of the invention also facilitate more relevant searches over both social and content data. One embodiment is directed to analyzing integrated social and content networks, and includes specifying a social network comprising multiple user nodes, and specifying a content network comprising multiple multimedia content nodes. Data elements associated with respective nodes of the user and content networks are analyzed, in order to detect a set of nodes comprising at least first and second user nodes and first and second content nodes, and to further detect at least three commonality links that join all the nodes of the set together. It is also determined whether a further link is a valid commonality link. The further link is initially inferred to extend between two of the nodes in the set, and to cooperatively join with the three identified commonality links to form a closed loop.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing integrated social and content networks comprising the steps of:
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specifying a social network comprising multiple user nodes, at least some of the user nodes being joined to one another by one or more internal links; specifying a content network comprising multiple content nodes, wherein at least some of said content nodes comprise multimedia content; analyzing data elements associated with respective nodes of said user and content networks, in order to identify a set of nodes comprising at least first and second user nodes and first and second content nodes, wherein two of said nodes comprise end nodes; further analyzing said data elements to identify at least three commonality links that collectively join all the nodes of said set together into a structure that defines an open loop extending between said end nodes; and determining whether a further link is a valid commonality link, wherein said further link is initially inferred to extend between said end two nodes of said set, and to cooperatively join with said at least three identified commonality links to form a closed loop. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for analyzing integrated social and content networks, the computer program product comprising:
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first instructions for specifying a social network comprising multiple user nodes, at least some of the user nodes being joined to one another by one or more internal links; second instructions for specifying a content network comprising multiple content nodes, wherein at least some of said content nodes comprise multimedia content; third instructions for analyzing data elements associated with respective nodes of said user and content networks, in order to identify a set of nodes comprising at least first and second user nodes and first and second content nodes, wherein two of said nodes comprise end nodes; fourth instructions for further analyzing said data elements to identify at least three commonality links that collectively join all the nodes of said set together, into a structure that defines a loop extending between said end nodes; and fifth instructions for determining whether a further link is a valid commonality link, wherein said further link is initially inferred to extend between said two end nodes of said set, and to cooperatively join with said at least three identified commonality links to form a closed loop. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for analyzing integrated social and content networks comprising:
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a component for specifying a social network comprising multiple user nodes, at least some of the user nodes being joined to one another by one or more internal links; a component for specifying a content network comprising multiple content nodes, wherein at least some of said content nodes comprise multimedia content; a component for analyzing data elements associated with respective nodes of said user and content networks, in order to identify a set of nodes comprising at least first and second user nodes and first and second content nodes, wherein two of said nodes comprise end nodes; a component for further analyzing said data elements to identify at least three commonality links that collectively join all the nodes of said set together, into a structure that defines an open loop extending between said end nodes; and a component for determining whether a further link is a valid commonality link, wherein said further link is initially inferred to extend between said two end nodes of said set, and to cooperatively join with said at least three identified commonality links to form a closed loop. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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