METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A RELEVANT SOCIAL GRAPH

• US 20110208814A1
• Filed: 02/19/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Vetek, Akos, Cui, Yanqing, Immonen, Olli, Bostrom, Jani, Arrasvuori, Juha, Jansky, Martin, Luoma, Kristian, Ollila, Elina
• Granted Patent: US 8,639,756 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

An approach is provided for generating a relevant social graph. A social graph identifying people associated with a user is retrieved. A communication history from a device associated with the user is retrieved. Information regarding a respective occurrence of each identified person in the communication history is determined. A relevant social graph is generated based, at least in part, on the determined occurrence information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

retrieving a social graph identifying people associated with a user;

retrieving a communication history from a device associated with the user;

determining information regarding a respective occurrence of each identified person in the communication history; and

generating a relevant social graph based, at least in part, on the determined occurrence information.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining information regarding an occurrence in the communication history of a person unidentified in the social graph; and

recommending the unidentified person for addition to the social graph.

3. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

creating an invitation to join at least one social networking service;

causing, at least in part, transmission of the invitation to another device associated with the unidentified person; and

recommending at least one of the identified people, related content, or a combination thereof for association with the unidentified person in the at least one social networking service.

4. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, filtering of status feeds from a social networking service based, at least in part, on the relevant social graph.

5. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining social connections among the people identified in the social graph, the relevant social graph, or a combination thereof;

grouping the identified people based on the social connections; and

causing, at least in part, presentation of the groups.

6. A method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving input associating one of the identified people with one of the groups;

determining a lack of association of the one identified person with a social networking service associated with at least one of the members of the one group;

generating an invitation to join the social networking service;

causing, at least in part, transmission of the invitation to another device associated with the one identified person; and

recommending at least one member of the group for association via the social networking service.

7. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining compatibility information among the identified people;

causing, at least in part, presentation of the identified people on a graphical user interface; and

causing, at least in part, presentation of the compatibility information as links between the presented identified people, wherein the links are presented as a magnetic force.

8. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, presentation of the identified people on a graphical user interface; and

causing, at least in part, scrolling of the identified people across the graphical user interface according to a time parameter.

9. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

retrieve a social graph identifying people associated with a user;

retrieve a communication history from a device associated with the user;

determine information regarding a respective occurrence of each identified person in the communication history; and

generate a relevant social graph based, at least in part, on the determined occurrence information.

10. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to:

determine information regarding an occurrence in the communication history of a person unidentified in the social graph; and

recommend the unidentified person for addition to the social graph.

11. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to:

create an invitation to join at least one social networking service;

cause, at least in part, transmission of the invitation to another device associated with the unidentified person; and

recommend at least one of the identified people, related content, or a combination thereof for association with the unidentified person in the at least one social networking service.

12. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to:

cause, at least in part, filtering of status feeds from a social networking service based, at least in part, on the relevant social graph.

13. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to:

determine social connections among the people identified in the social graph, the relevant social graph, or a combination thereof;

group the identified people based on the social connections; and

cause, at least in part, presentation of the groups.

14. An apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to:

receive input associating one of the identified people with one of the groups;

determine a lack of association of the one identified person with a social networking service associated with at least one of the members of the one group;

generate an invitation to join the social networking service;

cause, at least in part, transmission of the invitation to another device associated with the one identified person; and

recommend at least one member of the group for association via the social networking service.

15. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to:

determine compatibility information among the identified people;

cause, at least in part, presentation of the identified people on a graphical user interface; and

cause, at least in part, presentation of the compatibility information as links between the presented identified people, wherein the links are presented as a magnetic force.

16. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to:

cause, at least in part, presentation of the identified people on a graphical user interface; and

cause, at least in part, scrolling of the identified people across the graphical user interface according to a time parameter.

17. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

retrieving a social graph identifying people associated with a user;

retrieving a communication history from a device associated with the user;

determining information regarding a respective occurrence of each identified person in the communication history; and

generating a relevant social graph based, at least in part, on the determined occurrence information.

18. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is caused, at least in part, to further perform:

determining information regarding an occurrence in the communication history of a person unidentified in the social graph; and

recommending the unidentified person for addition to the social graph.

19. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is caused, at least in part, to further perform:

creating an invitation to join at least one social networking service;

causing, at least in part, transmission of the invitation to another device associated with the unidentified person; and

recommending at least one of the identified people, related content, or a combination thereof for association with the unidentified person in the at least one social networking service.

20. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is caused, at least in part, to further perform:

causing, at least in part, filtering of status feeds from a social networking service based, at least in part, on the relevant social graph.