Correlation of Psycho-Demographic Data and Social Network Data to Initiate an Action
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1. A method, implemented in a data processing system, for initiating an action based on data collected from a social network of a user, the method comprising:
- collecting user data, wherein the user data comprises user-provided information and information obtained automatically from activity of the user;
storing, in at least one memory, psycho-demographic data;
collecting social data from the social network, wherein the social data comprises information obtained from activity of at least two members of the social network, the at least two members comprising at least one friend of the user and at least one second or greater order indirect member of the social network relative to the user;
correlating, using at least one processor, the user data, the social data, and the psycho-demographic data; and
initiating the action based on the correlating.
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Abstract
An action is initiated based on data collected from a social network of a user. User data is collected automatically from activity of the user. Social data is collected from the user'"'"'s social network. The social data includes information obtained from the activity of at least one second or greater order indirect member of the social network relative to the user. The user data, social data, and the psycho-demographic data are correlated to initiate the action.
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1. A method, implemented in a data processing system, for initiating an action based on data collected from a social network of a user, the method comprising:
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collecting user data, wherein the user data comprises user-provided information and information obtained automatically from activity of the user; storing, in at least one memory, psycho-demographic data; collecting social data from the social network, wherein the social data comprises information obtained from activity of at least two members of the social network, the at least two members comprising at least one friend of the user and at least one second or greater order indirect member of the social network relative to the user; correlating, using at least one processor, the user data, the social data, and the psycho-demographic data; and initiating the action based on the correlating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A machine readable media embodying instructions, the instructions causing a data processing system to perform a method for initiating an action based on data collected from a social network of a user, the method comprising:
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collecting user data, wherein the user data comprises user-provided information and information obtained automatically from activity of the user; storing psycho-demographic data; collecting social data from the social network, wherein the social data comprises information obtained from activity of at least two members of the social network, the at least two members comprising at least one friend of the user and at least one second or greater order indirect member of the social network relative to the user; correlating the user data, the social data, and the psycho-demographic data; and initiating the action based on the correlating.
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21. A data processing system for initiating an action based on data collected from a social network of a user, the system comprising:
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means for collecting user data, wherein the user data comprises user-provided information and information obtained automatically from activity of the user; at least one memory to store psycho-demographic data; means for collecting social data from the social network, wherein the social data comprises information obtained from activity of at least two members of the social network, the at least two members comprising at least one friend of the user and at least one second or greater order indirect member of the social network relative to the user; at least one processor configured to correlate the user data, the social data, and the psycho-demographic data; and means for initiating the action based on the correlating.
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