CONTENT-BASED SOCIAL COMPUTING

• US 20100299275A1
• Filed: 05/21/2009
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Greenspan, Steven
• Application Number:
  US12/470,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20100299275A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/319
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A system and method for social computing distribute a message from an author to one or more subscribers as a function of the content of the message. In an embodiment, the content of a message is related to a meta-tag. In another embodiment, the author of a message is associated with a group of people which are of interest to the subscribers. In another embodiment, the transmitted messages can be based on the subject matter of content that is associated with a subscriber.

Claims

1. A computerized process comprising:

receiving at a processor an electronic message from an author;

analyzing the message;

assigning the message to one or more categories as a function of the analysis;

extracting from a database coupled to the processor one or more subscribers to the computerized process that are associated with the one or more categories, wherein the one or more subscribers are not identified in the message from the author; and

distributing the message to the one or more subscribers as a function of the one or more categories and not as a function of the author of the message.

2. The computerized process of claim 1, wherein the message comprises one or more of an email message, a twitter message, an instant message, a blog entry, a wiki entry, and a website page.

3. The computerized process of claim 1, wherein the analyzing the message comprises identifying a keyword in the message.

4. The computerized process of claim 3, wherein the assigning the message to one or more categories comprises using the keyword to identify a category.

5. The computerized process of claim 1, wherein the message is transmitted to a subscriber'"'"'s URL, the subscriber'"'"'s URL associated with one or more of a hand held device, a website, a blog, a wiki, and an email address.

6. The computerized process of claim 1, wherein the author of the message is a subscriber to the computerized process.

7. The computerized process of claim 1, wherein the author is not disclosed to the one or more subscribers to the computerized process.

8. The computerized process of claim 1, comprising configuring the processor to enable the one or more subscribers to the computerized process to subscribe to an additional message from the author.

9. The computerized process of claim 1, wherein the processor filters messages such that more than one copy of a message is not sent to a subscriber to the computerized process.

10. The computerized process of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a first processor to receive the message from the author and a second processor to extract the one or more subscribers from the database.

11. A computerized process comprising:

receiving at a processor an electronic message from an author;

analyzing the message and creating a meta-tag as a function of that analysis;

comparing the meta-tag with a database of subscribers to the computerized process, the database coupled to the processor;

identifying in the database one or more subscribers that are associated with the meta-tag; and

transmitting the message to one or more subscribers as a function of the meta-tag and not as a function of the author of the message.

12. The computerized process of claim 11, wherein the processor prompts the author of the message to create the meta-tag.

13. The computerized process of claim 11, wherein the processor creates the meta-tag.

14. The computerized process of claim 11, wherein the author is not disclosed to the one or more subscribers.

15. The computerized process of claim 11, comprising configuring the processor to enable the one or more subscribers to subscribe to an additional message from the author.

16. The computerized process of claim 11, wherein the processor filters messages such that more than one copy of a message is not sent to a subscriber.

17. The computerized process of claim 11, wherein the processor comprises a first processor to receive the message from the author and a second processor coupled to the database.

18. A computerized process comprising:

receiving at a processor an electronic message from a person;

using a first database, determining that the person is affiliated with a group;

identifying in a second database coupled to the processor one or more subscribers that are linked to the group with which the person is affiliated; and

distributing the message to the one or more subscribers as a function of the group and not as a function of the person.

19. The computerized process of claim 18, wherein maintaining the first database comprises adding or deleting a person to the group.

20. The computerized process of claim 18, wherein the first database comprises subscribers that are members of a project.

21. The computerized process of claim 18, wherein the person in the first database is not disclosed to the one or more subscribers.

22. The computerized process of claim 18, comprising configuring the processor to enable the one or more subscribers to subscribe to an additional message from the person in the first database.

23. The computerized process of claim 18, wherein the processor filters messages such that more than one copy of a message is not sent to a subscriber.

24. A computerized process comprising:

receiving at a processor an electronic message from an author;

analyzing the message;

assigning the message to one or more categories as a function of the analysis;

using the processor to determine a subject matter of content that is associated with a subscriber to the computerized process;

comparing the subject matter of the content to the one or more categories of the message; and

sending the message to the subscriber when the one or more categories relate to the subject matter of the content.

25. The computerized process of claim 24, wherein the message that is sent to the subscriber was created during a particular time frame.

26. The computerized process of claim 25, wherein the time frame is specified by the subscriber.

27. The computerized process of claim 24, wherein the author of the message is removed from the message prior to transmitting the message to the subscriber.

28. The computerized process of claim 24, comprising enabling the subscriber to subscribe to an additional message or a subsequent message by the author.

29. The computerized process of claim 24, wherein the processor filters messages such that more than one copy of a message is not sent to a subscriber.

30. The computerized process of claim 24, wherein the content is an email message currently opened by the subscriber.

31. The computerized process of claim 24, wherein the processor comprises a first processor to receive the message from the author and a second processor to determine the subject matter of the content associated with the subscriber.