SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SOCIAL RELATION ORIENTED SERVICE

• US 20090150380A1
• Filed: 07/31/2008
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Sheng, Yu Shiang, Chen, Yun Yen, Lin, Wen Wei, Chu, Jenn Lien
• Application Number:
  US12/183,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150380A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method for social relationship oriented service processing, which comprises steps of: providing relationship data, searching for at least one first level social member from a first level social network according to the relationship data, forwarding a list of the first level social members to a server, and searching by the server for at least one second level social member from a second level social network according to the list and the relationship data.

Claims

1. A method for processing social relationship oriented service, comprising the steps of:

providing relationship data for a device;

searching for at least one first level social member from a first level social network according to the relationship data;

forwarding a list of the at least one first level social member to a server; and

searching by the server for at least one second level social member from a second level social network according to the list and the relationship data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a message;

extracting semantic data of the message; and

selecting at least one corresponding first social element from a device database by the semantic data, wherein the relationship data is evaluated by the first social elements.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining weighting values corresponding to the first social elements; and

searching the first level social network for the first level social members, whose weighted sum of the first social elements exceeds a first threshold, wherein the first social elements are weighted with their corresponding weighting values.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

retrieving probability distributions and statistical models corresponding to the first social elements; and

determining the values of the first social elements by performing multiplication of the corresponding probability distributions and the corresponding statistical models respectively.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

changing the order of the first social elements within a rule; and

removing the first level social member whose first social element priority is lower than a second threshold.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving the message by the server;

extracting the semantic data of the message by the server; and

selecting at least one corresponding second social element from a server database by the semantic data.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining weighting values corresponding to the second social elements; and

searching the second level social network for the second level social members whose weighted sum of the social elements exceeds a first threshold, wherein the second social elements are weighted with their corresponding weighting values.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

retrieving probability distributions and statistical models corresponding to the second social elements; and

determining the values of the second social elements by performing multiplication of the corresponding probability distributions and the corresponding statistical models respectively.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

changing the order of the second social elements within a rule; and

removing the second level social member whose second social element priority is lower than a second threshold.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting a time limit for service; and

stopping the search of the second level social members if the time limit is reached.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving a personal preference data on the server; and

filtering the first and second level social members by the personal preference data in the device and the server, respectively.

12. A system for processing social relationship oriented service, comprising:

a device having a first level social network, wherein the first level social network is a collection of interpersonal relationships of users; and

a server communicated with the device having a second level social network, wherein the second level social network expands interpersonal relationships of members of the first level social network.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the device comprises:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor and comprising a device program mechanism, including instructions for searching at least one first level social member from a first level social network according to relationship data; and

a user interface coupled to the processor.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising a first member searching mechanism, including instructions for searching the first level social network for the first level social members whose weighted sum of first social elements exceeds a first threshold, wherein the first social elements selected by semantic data extracted from a message and used to evaluate the relationship data are weighted with their corresponding weighting values, and the value of the first social element is determined by performing multiplication of a probability distribution and statistical model corresponding to the first social element.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising a member-removing mechanism, including instructions for removing the first level social member whose highest-priority first social element value is lower than a second threshold.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the user interface comprises:

a social mode for searching any social network community on the Internet for social members, or joining any sharing activity dynamically; and

a work mode for sharing messages with a certain social network community.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the server comprises:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor and comprising a server program mechanism, including instructions for searching at least one second level social member from a second level social network according to a list of the first level social members and relationship data.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising a second member searching mechanism, including instructions for searching the second level social network for the second level social members whose weighted sum of second social elements exceeds a first threshold, wherein the second social elements selected by semantic data extracted from a message and used to evaluate the relationship data are weighted with their corresponding weighting values, and the value of the second social element is determined by performing multiplication of a probability distribution and statistical model corresponding to the second social element.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a member-removing mechanism, including instructions for removing the second level social member whose highest-priority second social element value is lower than a second threshold.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a filtering mechanism, including instructions for filtering the first and second level social members by a personal preference data.