BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BASED SOCIAL NETWORK WITH VIRTUAL DATA-VISUALIZATION CARDS

• US 20120330853A1
• Filed: 06/21/2011
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Forbes, Kyle, Dang, Phong, Guz, Egor
• Granted Patent: US 8,738,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/319
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method for sharing business intelligence information includes creating a plurality of data visualization cards from business intelligence data in response to create requests from a plurality of user accounts. Each data visualization card is associated with the user account that requested its creation. Data visualization cards are also associated with user accounts that did not request their creation in response to collect requests from those user accounts. A social network is created amongst the user accounts using the data visualization cards such that user accounts associated with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data are linked. A first data visualization card that was created in response to a create request from a first user account may then be provided to a second user account in response to determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social network.

Claims

1. A method for distributing business intelligence information, comprising:

creating a plurality of data visualization cards using business intelligence data from a business intelligence database, wherein each of the plurality of data visualization cards is created in response to a create request received from one of a plurality of user accounts;

associating, in a card database, each data visualization card with the user account that requested the creation of that data visualization card;

associating, in the card database, data visualization cards with user accounts, which did not request the creation of those data visualization cards, in response to a collect request received from those user accounts;

creating a social network amongst the plurality of user accounts using the data visualization cards such that user accounts associated with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data are linked in the social network; and

providing a first data visualization card, which was created in response to a create request received from a first user account, to a second user account in response to determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social network due to their association with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each data visualization card includes a graphic that is created from the business intelligence data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

publishing each data visualization card such that user accounts that did not request the creation of that data visualization card have access to that data visualization card.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user information input for the first data visualization card from one of the plurality of user accounts; and

associating the user information input with the first data visualization card in the card database.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

providing the first data visualization card including the associated user information input to at least one user account that is associated with the first data visualization card and did not request the creation of the first data visualization card.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the user information input includes one of a comment, a question, an annotation, a tag, and a rating.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

providing the user information input to the second user account in response to determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social network due to their association with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that a plurality of data visualization cards associated with the second user account have each been associated with at least one user information input; and

providing the second user account with an indication that the plurality of data visualization cards associated with the second user account have each been associated with at least one user information input.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

creating a plurality of data visualization cards using business intelligence data from a business intelligence database, wherein each of the plurality of data visualization cards is created in response to a create request received from one of a plurality of user accounts;

associating, in a card database, each data visualization card with the user account that requested the creation of that data visualization card;

associating, in the card database, data visualization cards with user accounts, which did not request the creation of those data visualization cards, in response to a collect request received from those user accounts;

creating a social network amongst the plurality of user accounts using the data visualization cards such that user accounts associated with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data are linked in the social network; and

providing a first data visualization card, which was created in response to a create request received from a first user account, to a second user account in response to determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social network due to their association with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein each data visualization card includes a graphic that is created from the business intelligence data.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

publishing each data visualization card such that user accounts that did not request the creation of that data visualization card have access to that data visualization card.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a user information input for the first data visualization card from one of the plurality of user accounts; and

associating the user information input with the first data visualization card in the card database.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

providing the first data visualization card including the associated user information input to at least one user account that is associated with the first data visualization card and did not request the creation of the first data visualization card.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

publishing the first data visualization card including the associated user information input to at least one user account associated with the first data visualization card.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the user information input includes one of a comment, a question, an annotation, a tag, and a rating.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

providing the user information input to the second user account in response to determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social network due to their association with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data.

17. A business intelligence based social network system, comprising:

means for creating a plurality of data visualization cards using business intelligence data, wherein each of the plurality of data visualization cards is created in response to a create request received from one of a plurality of user accounts;

means for associating each data visualization card with the user account that requested the creation of that data visualization card;

means for associating data visualization cards with user accounts, which did not request the creation of those data visualization cards, in response to a collect request received from those user accounts;

means for creating a social network amongst the plurality of user accounts using the data visualization cards such that user accounts associated with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data are linked in the social network; and

means for providing a first data visualization card, which was created in response to a create request received from a first user account, to a second user account in response to determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social network due to their association with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

means for publishing each data visualization card such that user accounts that did not request the creation of that data visualization card have access to that data visualization card.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

means for receiving a user information input for the first data visualization card from one of the plurality of user accounts; and

means for associating the user information input with the first data visualization card in the card database.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

means for providing the user information input to the second user account in response to determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social network due to their association with data visualization cards created from common business intelligence data.