SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING

• US 20110185020A1
• Filed: 01/26/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Verma, Himanshu, Ramamurthy, Shyam Sundar, Devarakonda, Srinivas, Krishnamurthy, Shyam, Gupta, Manish Satyapal
• Granted Patent: US 8,856,229 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for social networking. In one method, a network builder receives a digital object from the user. The digital object contains information associated with the user. The network builder extracts the information associated with the user from the digital object. The network builder further access the strength of relationships between the user and a plurality of other users, each associated with one or more social networks. The relationships strength is extracted based at least in part on the extracted information. The network builder then adds the user to one or more social networks based on the information associated with the user and the strength of the relationships between the user and the plurality of other users.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server, a digital object, wherein the digital object comprises information associated with a user;

extracting the information associated with the user from the digital object;

assessing, based on the extracted information, strength of relationships between the user and a plurality of other users, each associated with one or more social networks; and

adding the user to at least one social network based, at least in part, on the information associated with the user and the strength of the relationships between the user and a plurality of other users.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising obtaining additional information from one or more other sources, wherein the additional information comprises one or more of additional information associated with the user, demographic information and statistical information.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing relevant content to the user based at least in part on membership of the user to the at least one social network.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising recommending one or more institutions to the user based, at least in part, on the information associated with the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital object is one of a text file, a word processor document, a portable document format document, and a scanned image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein extracting information associated with the user comprises:

identifying a plurality of information segments in the digital object; and

extracting one or more information fields from the plurality of information segments.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the strength of relationship is based at least in part on one or more parameters, wherein the one or more parameters comprises number of common attributes between the user and plurality of other users, existing number of users in a particular social network, importance of common attributes between the user and plurality of other users.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of information segments comprise one or more of personal information, educational qualification of the user, work experience of the user, skills of the user, objectives of the user and references of the user.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more information fields comprise one or more of name, residential address, phone number, age, gender, languages known, graduation school name, degree, specialization, employer information, job designation, job profile, career objectives, expected salary and references.

10. A system for processing information, the system comprising:

one or more network interfaces;

at least one processor;

a memory; and

computer program code stored in a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer program code, when executed, is operative to cause the at least one processor to;

receive, at a server, a digital object, wherein the digital object comprises information associated with a user;

extract the information associated with the user from the digital object;

assess, based on the extracted information, strength of relationships between the user and a plurality of other users, each associated with one or more social networks; and

add the user to at least one social network based, at least in part, on the information associated with the user and the strength of the relationships between the user and a plurality of other users.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer program code is further operative to cause the at least one processor to obtain additional information from one or more other sources, wherein the additional information comprises one or more of additional information associated with the user, demographic information and statistical information.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer program code is further operative to cause the at least one processor to provide targeted advertisements to the user based on membership of the user to the at least one social network.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer program code is further operative to cause the at least one processor to recommend institutions to the user based, at least in part, on the information associated with the user.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer program code is further operative to cause the at least one processor to:

identify a plurality of information segments in the digital object; and

extract one or more information fields from the plurality of information segments.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the digital object is one of a text file, a word processor document, a portable document format document, and a scanned image.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions for processing information, the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause one or more processors to:

receive, at a server, a digital object, wherein the digital object comprises information associated with a user;

extract the information associated with the user from the digital object;

assess, based on the extracted information, strength of relationships between the user and a plurality of other users, each associated with one or more social networks; and

add the user to at least one social network based, at least in part, on the information associated with the user and the strength of the relationships between the user and a plurality of other users.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising computer-executable instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to obtain additional information from one or more other sources, wherein the additional information comprises one or more of additional information associated with the user, demographic information and statistical information.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising computer-executable instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to provide relevant content to the user based at least in part on membership of the user to the at least one social network.

19. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising computer-executable instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to recommend the at least one social network to one or more organizations for providing advertisements.

20. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising computer-executable instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to recommend one or more institutions to the user based, at least in part, on the information associated with the user.

21. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising computer-executable instructions operable to cause the one or more processor to:

segment the resume into a plurality of information segments; and

extract one or more information fields from the plurality of information segments.