Method and System for Obtaining Social Network Information
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining social network information executed on a computer hardware system, comprising:
- capturing a social environment at a given time including;
capturing a set of identities in a predefined proximity to a monitored identity at the given time, wherein an identity is an identity of a real person or a virtual identity, andrecording parameters of the social environment;
combining the captured social environments for the monitored identity in a time range; and
analysing the combined captured social environments in the time range to provide a social network for the monitored identity including weightings of the relationships between the monitored identity and the captured identities.
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Abstract
A method and system for obtaining social network information are provided. The method includes capturing a social environment at a given time including capturing a set of identities in a predefined proximity to a monitored identity at the given time, wherein an identity is an identity of a real person or a virtual identity, and recording parameters of the social environment. The method then combines the captured social environments in a time range for a monitored identity and analyses the combined captured social environments in the time range to provide a social network for the monitored identity including weightings of the relationships between the monitored identity and the captured identities. The monitored identity and the captured identities may be avatars and the predefined proximity may be a proximity to a virtual location. Alternatively or additionally, the monitored identity and the captured identities may be identities of real people or groups of people, and the predefined proximity may be a proximity to a real location.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining social network information executed on a computer hardware system, comprising:
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capturing a social environment at a given time including; capturing a set of identities in a predefined proximity to a monitored identity at the given time, wherein an identity is an identity of a real person or a virtual identity, and recording parameters of the social environment; combining the captured social environments for the monitored identity in a time range; and analysing the combined captured social environments in the time range to provide a social network for the monitored identity including weightings of the relationships between the monitored identity and the captured identities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer software product for obtaining social network information, the product comprising a computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer in which program comprising computer-executable instructions are stored, which instructions, when read executed by a computer, perform the following steps:
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capturing a social environment at a given time including; capturing a set of identities in a predefined proximity to a monitored identity at the given time, wherein an identity is an identity of a real person or a virtual identity, and recording parameters of the social environment; combining the captured social environments for the monitored identity in a time range; and analysing the combined captured social environments in the time range to provide a social network for the monitored identity including weightings of the relationships between the monitored identity and the captured identities.
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12. A method of providing a service to a customer over a network, the service executed on a computer hardware system comprising:
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capturing a social environment at a given time including; capturing a set of identities in a predefined proximity to a monitored identity at the given time, wherein an identity is an identity of a real person or a virtual identity, and recording parameters of the social environment; combining the captured social environments for the monitored identity in a time range; and analysing the combined captured social environments in the time range to provide a social network for the monitored identity including weightings of the relationships between the monitored identity and the captured identities.
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13. A system for obtaining social network information, comprising:
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a processor; a module for capturing a social environment at a given time including; a module for capturing a set of identities in a predefined proximity to a monitored identity at the given time, wherein an identity is an identity of a real person or a virtual identity, and recording parameters of the social environment; a compiler for combining the captured social environments for the monitored identity in a time range; and an analyser for analysing the combined captured social environments in the time range to provide a social network for the monitored identity including weightings of the relationships between the monitored identity and the captured identities. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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