SOCIAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

• US 20130110930A1
• Filed: 10/31/2012
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yi, Sangho, Suh, Sangbum, Choi, Hyunjin, MOON, Boseok
• Application Number:
  US13/665,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20130110930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A social data management system and a method for operating the same capable of managing social data with respect to various social networking services based on a mobile platform through a social data management system in a mobile device are provided. A system for supporting a social networking service includes a plug-in manager for managing social data of the social networking service used by a user through a plug-in library structure; and a common characteristic processor for tracking an activity of the user based on use of an SNS of the user to extract a user interest keyword, extracting another user whose interest is similar and social contents, and automatically selecting social content preferred by the user, and giving a priority to the selected social contents.

Claims

1. A system for supporting a social networking service, the system comprising:

a plug-in manager for managing social data of the social networking service used by a user through a plug-in library structure; and

a common characteristic processor for tracking an activity of the user based on use of an SNS of the user to extract a user interest keyword, extracting another user whose interest is similar and social contents, and automatically selecting social content preferred by the user, and giving a priority to the selected social contents.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the common characteristic processor comprises:

an activity tracker for tracking activities that the user generates in a mobile device;

a keyword extractor for extracting a keyword associated with use of a networking service by the user; and

a ranking/filtering processor for automatically ranking or filtering a plurality of social data associated with the user based on the tracked keyword from the keyword extractor.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the activity tracker tracks content relating to all actions generated based on use of an SNS in the mobile device by the user.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the keyword extractor comprises:

a first keyword extractor extracting an interest keyword of the user based on the activity of the user tracked by the activity tracker; and

a second keyword extractor extracting a user centered social interest keyword based on the interest keyword of the user extracted from the first keyword extractor and a use pattern of a social networking service of the user.

5. A method for supporting a social networking service, the method comprising:

determining the social networking service associated with an application when execution of the application is sensed;

connecting libraries for supporting the social networking service in a plug-in form based on the application; and

providing the social networking service based on the application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the social networking service comprises:

determining whether the application is a social application associated with the social networking service when execution of an application is sensed; and

determining a type of a social networking service supported from the social application when the application is a social application.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein providing the social networking service comprises providing social data of a social networking service used by the user through a plug-in library for supporting a corresponding social networking service when the type of the social networking service is determined.

8. A method for supporting a social networking service, the method comprising:

tracking a user activity when execution of an application is sensed from a user;

extracting an interest keyword of the user;

automatically ranking or filtering social data of social networking services associated with the user based on the extracted interest keyword; and

providing the social networking service through the application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein tracking the user activity comprises creating a database based on the tracked user activity.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein tracking the user activity comprises:

tracking a plurality of social networking service use patterns, a web search keyword, and a web visit log and time generated by the user through a corresponding application when the user executes an application associated with the social networking service; and

updating the database based on the tracked activity of the user.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein extracting the interest keyword comprises:

extracting the interest keyword of the user based on the user activity; and

extracting the interest keyword and extracting a user centered social interest key word.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein extracting the social interest keyword comprises extracting a social interest keyword of the user based on the interest keyword and a use pattern with respect to a social networking service of the user.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the interest keyword indicates a keyword corresponding to a field and a genre that the user uses through a social networking service based on the user activity, and the social interest keyword indicates a keyword corresponding to another user having a different interest from that of the user and content associated with the interest key word.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein automatically ranking or filtering the social data comprises determining a priority with respect to social data associated with the interest key word.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein providing the social networking service comprises outputting a social networking service screen configured based on social data of the determined priority when a social networking service associated with the application is provided.