METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DETERMINING SHARED FRIENDS OF INDIVIDUALS

• US 20120054691A1
• Filed: 08/31/2010
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nurmi, Mikko Antero
• Granted Patent: US 9,111,255 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/854
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation

Abstract

An apparatus for providing a user-friendly and efficient manner to determine one or more shared friends of individuals may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving an indication of a selection of at least one tagged face from an image. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to facilitate sending of a generated message to a device requesting identification of one or more commonly shared friends of at least two individuals in response to receipt of the selection of the tagged face. The tagged face corresponds to one of the individuals. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable provision of display of visible indicia, superimposed on the image, indicating whether the individuals have one or more commonly shared friends. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a selection of at least one tagged face from an image;

facilitating sending of a generated message to a device requesting identification of one or more commonly shared friends of at least two individuals in response to receipt of the selection of the tagged face that corresponds to one of the individuals; and

enabling, via a processor, provision of display of visible indicia, superimposed on the image, indicating whether the individuals have one or more commonly shared friends.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the visible indicia identifies at least one of the commonly shared friends in response to receipt of information from the device identifying the at least one commonly shared friend.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining that the visible indicia identifies content shared between the individuals, and wherein enabling provision further comprises enabling provision of audio data indicating the commonly shared friends of the at least two individuals.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the visible indicia identifies a shortest path relationship of one or more persons associated with the individuals.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining that the shortest relationship path relates to at least one of the persons in which the individuals are indirectly connected.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

generating one or more links between the persons, at least one of the links is associated with information identifying a relationship between two persons; and

determining that the image comprises a digital photograph.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a strength of relationship of at least one of the individuals and the commonly shared friend based in part on a comparison of a number of communications, between the at least one individual and the commonly shared friend, to a predetermined threshold.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining that the relationship is strong in response to the comparison indicating that the number of communications equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold; and

determining that the relationship is weak in response to the comparison indicating that the number of communications is less than the predetermined threshold.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

enlarging a size of the visible indicia in response to determining that the relationship is strong.

10. 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;

receive an indication of a selection of at least one tagged face from an image;

facilitate sending of a generated message to a device requesting identification of one or more commonly shared friends of at least two individuals in response to receipt of the selection of the tagged face that corresponds to one of the individuals; and

enable provision of display of visible indicia, superimposed on the image, indicating whether the individuals have one or more commonly shared friends.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the visible indicia identifies at least one of the commonly shared friends in response to receipt of information from the device identifying the at least one commonly shared friend.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the visible indicia identifies content shared between the individuals; and

enable provision by enabling provision of audio data indicating the commonly shared friends of the at least two individuals.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the visible indicia identifies a shortest path relationship of one or more persons associated with the individuals.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the shortest relationship path relates to at least one of the persons in which the individuals are indirectly connected.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

generate one or more links between the persons, at least one of the links is associated with information identifying a relationship between two persons; and

determine that the image comprises a digital photograph.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine a strength of relationship of at least one of the individuals and the commonly shared friend based in part on a comparison of a number of communications, between the at least one individual and the commonly shared friend, to a predetermined threshold.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the relationship is strong in response to the comparison indicating that the number of communications equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold; and

determine that the relationship is weak in response to the comparison indicating that the number of communications is less than the predetermined threshold.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

enlarge a size of the visible indicia in response to determining that the relationship is strong.

19. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising:

program code instructions configured to cause receipt of an indication of a selection of at least one tagged face from an image;

program code instructions configured to facilitate sending of a generated message to a device requesting identification of one or more commonly shared friends of at least two individuals in response to receipt of the selection of the tagged face that corresponds to one of the individuals; and

program code instructions configured to enable provision of display of visible indicia, superimposed on the image, indicating whether the individuals have one or more commonly shared friends.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising:

program code configured to determine that the visible indicia identifies at least one of the commonly shared friends in response to receipt of information from the device identifying the at least one commonly shared friend.