KNOWLEDGE-BASED METHOD FOR USING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE CONTENT IN VARIABLE DATA APPLICATIONS

• US 20110072035A1
• Filed: 09/22/2009
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Gaucas, Dale Ellen, Shepherd, Michael David
• Granted Patent: US 8,396,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1243 Variable data printing, e.g. document forms, templates, labels, coupons, advertisements, logos, watermarks, transactional printing, fixed content versioning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1287 via internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/02 using printers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and system automatically obtain user page data from at least one social networking site, using at least one computerized device and automatically monitor the social networking site using the computerized device to detect an event. Upon the detection of an event, the method and system automatically identify a variable information document from a repository based on the topical content of the event using the computerized device. The method and system automatically select data from the user page data that matches the topical content of the event using the computerized device; automatically generate a variable data print instance by combining the images and text from the user page with the variable information document using the computerized device; and automatically output the variable data print instance to a user of the social networking site using the computerized device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

automatically obtaining user page data from at least one social networking site, using at least one computerized device;

automatically monitoring said social networking site using said computerized device to detect an event;

upon detection of an event, automatically identifying a variable information document from a repository based on said topical content of said event using said computerized device;

automatically selecting data from said user page data that matches said topical content using said computerized device;

automatically generating a variable data print instance by combining said images and text from said user page with said variable information document using said computerized device; and

automatically outputting said variable data print instance to a user of said social networking site using said computerized device.

2. The method according to claim 1, said outputting comprising providing said user an option to view said variable data print instance, using said computerized device.

3. The method according to claim 1, said outputting comprising one of displaying and printing said variable data print instance.

4. The method according to claim 1, said monitoring comprising comparing said user page data to predetermined event rules to determine whether said event has occurred.

5. The method according to claim 1, said event comprising one of a recurring event and a one-time event.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

automatically obtaining user page data relating to at least one user from at least one social networking site, using at least one computerized device;

automatically monitoring said social networking site to detect one of a plurality of pre-established events using said computerized device, each of said events comprising topical content;

upon detection of an event, automatically identifying a variable data campaign from a repository of variable data campaigns based on said topical content of said event, said variable data campaigns comprising variable information documents;

automatically selecting text and media from said user page data that matches said topical content using said computerized device;

automatically generating a variable data print instance by combining said images and text from said user page with said variable data campaign using said computerized device; and

automatically outputting said variable data print instance to a user of said social networking site using said computerized device.

7. The method according to claim 6, said outputting comprising providing said user an option to view said variable data print instance, using said computerized device.

8. The method according to claim 6, said outputting comprising one of displaying and printing said variable data print instance.

9. The method according to claim 6, said monitoring comprising comparing said user page data to predetermined event rules to determine whether said event has occurred.

10. The method according to claim 6, said event comprising one of a recurring event and a one-time event.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, into at least one computerized device, permissions and preferences from at least one user of at least one social networking site;

automatically obtaining user page data relating to said user from at least one social networking site as limited by said permissions and preferences, using said computerized device;

automatically monitoring said social networking site to detect one of a plurality of pre-established events using said computerized device, each of said events comprising topical content, and said monitoring being limited by said permissions and preferences;

upon detection of an event, automatically identifying a variable data campaign from a repository of variable data campaigns based on said topical content of said event, said variable data campaigns comprising variable information documents;

automatically selecting text and media from said user page data that matches said topical content using said computerized device;

automatically generating a variable data print instance by combining said images and text from said user page with said variable data campaign using said computerized device; and

automatically outputting said variable data print instance to a user of said social networking site using said computerized device.

12. The method according to claim 11, said outputting comprising providing said user an option to view said variable data print instance, using said computerized device.

13. The method according to claim 11, said outputting comprising one of displaying and printing said variable data print instance.

14. The method according to claim 11, said monitoring comprising comparing said user page data to predetermined event rules to determine whether said event has occurred.

15. The method according to claim 11, said event comprising one of a recurring event and a one-time event.

16. A computerized system comprising:

a first computerized device maintaining computerized instructions for automatically obtaining user page data from at least one social networking site, said instructions causing said first computerized device to automatically monitor said social networking site to detect an event;

a second computerized device maintaining computerized instructions for automatically identifying a variable information document from a repository, upon detection of an event, based on said topical content of said event, said instructions causing said second computerized device to automatically select data from said user page data that matches said topical content; and

a variable data printing hosted service automatically generating a variable data print instance by combining said images and text from said user page with said variable information document; and

a printing device operatively connected to one of said first computerized device and said second computerized device and said hosted service, said printing device outputting said variable data print instance to a user of said social networking site.

17. The computerized system according to claim 16, further comprising a graphic user interface displaying said variable data print instance and providing said user an option to view said variable data print instance.

18. The computerized system according to claim 16, said first computerized device comparing said user page data to predetermined event rules to determine whether said event has occurred.

19. The computerized system according to claim 16, said event comprising one of a recurring event and a one-time event.

20. A computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform a method comprising:

automatically obtaining user page data from at least one social networking site, using at least one computerized device;

automatically monitoring said social networking site using said computerized device to detect an event;

upon detection of an event, automatically identifying a variable information document from a repository based on said topical content of said event using said computerized device;

automatically selecting data from said user page data that matches said topical content using said computerized device;

automatically generating a variable data print instance by combining said images and text from said user page with said variable information document using said computerized device; and

automatically outputting said variable data print instance to a user of said social networking site using said computerized device.