Methods and Systems of Aggregating Information of Social Networks Based on Geographical Locations Via a Network

• US 20130238599A1
• Filed: 02/05/2013
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap Trends, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap Trends, Inc.
• Inventors: Burris, Brandon C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,843,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

One or more systems, devices, methods, and/or processes described can apply searches and/or filters to data of social networks with respect to one or more geographical locations, geospatial references, location-based contexts, and/or map-based references. One or more social networks can be queried with search and/or filter parameters and one or more geographic locations, and results received from the social network(s) can be based on the search and/or filter parameter(s) and the geographic location(s) and presented to a user on a map or other user interface. A size of a search region can be changed to a second size, and/or a position of the search region can be changed to a second position. One or more queries can be saved with their geospatial references and their search and/or filter parameter(s) (e.g. saved queries) can continue to run and/or execute over one or more periods of time transpiring to provide continual and/or periodic reporting.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a network interface, coupled to the processor and coupled to a network; and

a memory device coupled to the processor, wherein the memory device stores instructions that are executed by the processor, wherein the system;

receives, from a computing device, a first query of at least one social network media data source comprising a first input indicating a first location, a second input indicating a first geographical search region associated with the first location, and a third input indicating search data, wherein the first geographical search region comprising at least a first unsupported geographical search region shape that is not a supported geographical search region shape for one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source such that the first query is not supported as a query of the at least one social network media data source;

generates at least one query translating the first query in accordance with the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source such that the at least one query is supported as a query of the at least one social network media data source, wherein;

(a) the at least one query specifies a plurality of supported geographical search region shapes supported by the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source,

(b) the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes cover at least the unsupported geographical search region shape that is not a supported geographical search region shape of the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source such that the at least one query is inclusive of the first unsupported geographical search region shape,

(c) the at least one query is based on the first geographical search region, the search data, and the at least one social network media data source, and

(d) the at least one social network media data source stores user-provided data from a plurality of users provided to one or more social network of the at least one social network media data source via a plurality of computing devices at a plurality of locations;

provides, via the network interface and the network, the at least one query, comprising the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes supported by the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, to the at least one social network media data source;

receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network interface and the network, at least one result based on the at least one query, including based on at least the specified plurality of supported geographical search region shapes, and based on the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source; and

provides the at least one result to the computing device.

2. The system of claim 1,

wherein the at least one query has at least one of a word, a plurality of words, a phrase, a user profile, a portion of a user profile, a regular expression, a natural language filter, a grammar, a social group, an organization, and a user identification;

wherein at least a portion of the user-provided data from the plurality of users corresponds to the at least one result and at least one of the word, the plurality of words, the phrase, the user profile, the portion of the user profile, the regular expression, the natural language filter, the grammar, the social group, the organization, and the user identification; and

wherein the at least one result is based on the at least the portion of the user-provided data from the plurality of users that corresponds to the at least one result and the at least one of the word, the plurality of words, the phrase, the user profile, the portion of the user profile, the regular expression, the natural language filter, the grammar, the social group, the organization, and the user identification.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the user-provided data includes at least one post to at least one social network service.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the grammar includes at least one of a set of formation rules for strings in a language, a context-free grammar, a regular grammar, a tree-adjoining grammar, an affix grammar, an attribute grammar, an adaptive grammar, an ambiguous grammar, and a categorical grammar.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the user profile includes at least one of a user name, the user identification, a mobile telephone number, an email address, a physical address, an occupation, a gender, a marital status, a past purchase, an interest, a past transaction, a shoe size, an age, a clothing size, a political affiliation, a monthly income, a yearly income, an employment status, a credit history, a credit rating, an eye color, a hair color, a music genre, and a membership.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the user-provided data from the plurality of users includes social network user-provided content.

11. The system of claim 1,

wherein the system further provides a map to a user;

and

wherein the second input includes user input from the user that indicates the first geographical search region on the map.

12. The system of claim 11,

wherein the at least one result includes at least one location of the plurality of locations;

and

wherein the system further provides the at least one location of the plurality of locations to the user via the map.

13. The system of claim 11,

wherein when the system receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, the at least one result based on the at least one query and based on user provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source, the system receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, a first plurality of results based on the at least one query and based on the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source that includes the at least one result based on the at least one query and based on the user provided-data stored via the at least one social network media data source, wherein the first plurality of results include at least two locations of the plurality of locations and wherein each of the first plurality of results corresponds to at least one of the two locations of the plurality of locations;

wherein the system further provides the at least one of the two locations of the plurality of locations to the user via the map.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further:

receives third input indicating a second location from the computing device;

receives fourth input indicating a second geographical search region associated with the second location from the computing device;

receives second search data from the computing device;

generates at least a second query that includes a second plurality of supported geographical search region shapes of the at least one social network media data source and that is based on the second geographical search region, the second search data, and the at least one social network media data source that stores the user-provided data from the plurality of users provided via the plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations;

provides, via the network interface and the network, the at least the second query to the at least one social network media data source;

receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network interface and the network, at least a second result based on the at least the second query and based on the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source; and

provides the at least the second result to the computing device.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further provides a map to a user wherein the map indicates at least one location of the plurality of locations that corresponds to the at least one result based on the at least one query and based on location-based data stored via the at least one social network media data source.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source includes user-provided data stored via at least one of FACEBOOK social network media data source, TWITTER social network media data source, YOUTUBE social network media data source, WEIBO social network media data source, a blog, a wiki, FOURSQUARE social network media data source, INSTAGRAM social network media data source, FLICKR social network media data source, VIMEO social network media data source, and YELP social network media data source.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of locations is determined via a communication system operated by a network provider and utilized by at least one of the plurality of computing devices.

18. The system of claim 17,

wherein the communication system includes at least one of a wireless access point and a wired access point;

and

wherein the at least one of the plurality of locations is determined via a location of the at least one of the wireless access point and the wired access point.

19. The system of claim 17,

wherein the at least one of the plurality of computing devices utilizes a network address associated with the communication system;

and

wherein the network address is associated with the at least one of the plurality of locations.

20. The system of claim 1,

wherein at least one of the plurality of locations is determined via a position device of at least one of the plurality of computing devices;

and

wherein the user-provided data from the plurality of users provided via the plurality of computing devices includes the at least one of the plurality of locations determined via the position device of the at least one of the plurality of computing devices.

21. The system of claim 1,

wherein when the system receives the first input indicating the first location from the computing device, the system receives the first input indicating the first location from the computing device via the network interface and the network;

wherein when the system receives the second input indicating the first geographical search region associated with the first location from the computing device, the system receives the second input indicating the first geographical search region associated with the first location from the computing device via the network interface and the network;

wherein when the system receives the search data from the computing device, the system receives the search data from the computing device via the network interface and the network; and

wherein when the system provides the at least one result to the computing device, the system provides the at least one result to the computing device via the network interface and the network.

22. The system of claim 1,

wherein the system is coupled to a storage;

and

wherein when the instructions are executed by the processor, the system further stores the at least one query in the storage;

after an amount of time transpiring, retrieves the at least one query from the storage;

provides, via the network, the at least one query from the storage to the at least one social network media data source;

receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, at least a second result based on the at least one query from storage and based on the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source; and

provides the at least the second result to the computing device.

23. The system of claim 22,

wherein when the system stores the at least one query in the storage, the system stores the at least one query in the storage via the network;

and

wherein when the system retrieves the at least one query from the storage, the system retrieves the at least one query from the storage via the network.

7. (canceled)

8. The system of claim 7, wherein when the system receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network interface and the network, the at least one result based on the search data that is based on the at least one query, the system receives a plurality of results that are based on the at least one query and the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes that include the first unsupported geographical search region shape, wherein the plurality of results include the at least one result.

9. The system of claim 8,

wherein a first result of the plurality of results is a duplicate result of a second result of the plurality of results;

and

wherein the system further eliminates the duplicate result.

10. The system of claim 8,

wherein a first result of the plurality of results is associated with a location of the plurality of locations that is located outside the first geographical search region and within at least one of the plurality of supported geographical search regions;

and

wherein the system further eliminates the first result of the plurality of results that is associated with the location of the plurality of locations that is located outside the first geographical search region and within the at least one of the plurality of supported geographical search regions.

24. A non-transitory computer readable memory device that stores instructions, which when executed by a processor, the processor:

receives first input indicating a first location from a computing device;

receives second input indicating a first geographical search region associated with the first location from the computing device, wherein the first geographical search region comprising at least a first unsupported geographical search region shape that is not a supported geographical search region shape for one or more interfaces of at least one social network media data source;

receives search data from the computing device;

generates at least one query in accordance with the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one query specifies a plurality of supported geographical search region shapes supported by the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, wherein the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes cover at least the unsupported geographical search region shape that is not a supported geographical search region shape of the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source such that the at least one query is inclusive of the first unsupported geographical search region shape, and wherein the at least one query is based on the first geographical search region, the search data, and the at least one social network media data source wherein the at least one social network media data source stores user-provided data from a plurality of users provided to one or more social network of the at least one social network media data source via a plurality of computing devices at a plurality of locations;

provides, via the network interface and the network, the at least one query, comprising the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes supported by the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, to the at least one social network media data source;

receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, at least one result based on the at least one query, including based on at least the specified plurality of supported geographical search region shapes, and based on the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source; and

provides the at least one result to the computing device.

25. A method, comprising:

receiving first input indicating a first location from a computing device;

receiving second input indicating a first geographical search region associated with the first location from the computing device, wherein the first geographical search region comprising at least a first unsupported geographical search region shape that is not a supported geographical search region shape for one or more interfaces of at least one social network media data source;

receiving search data from the computing device;

generates at least one query in accordance with the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one query specifies a plurality of supported geographical search region shapes supported by the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, wherein the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes cover at least the unsupported geographical search region shape that is not a supported geographical search region shape of the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source such that the at least one query is inclusive of the first unsupported geographical search region shape, and wherein the at least one query is based on the first geographical search region, the search data, and the at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one social network media data source stores user-provided data from a plurality of users provided to one or more social network of the at least one social network media data source via a plurality of computing devices at a plurality of locations;

providing, via the network interface and the network, the at least one query, comprising the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes supported by the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, to the at least one social network media data source;

receiving, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, at least one result based on the at least one query, including based on at least the specified plurality of supported geographical search region shapes, and based on the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source; and

providing the at least one result to the computing device.

26. The method of claim 25,

wherein the at least one query has at least one of a word, a plurality of words, a phrase, a user profile, a portion of a user profile, a regular expression, a natural language filter, a grammar, a social group, an organization, and a user identification;

wherein at least a portion of the user-provided data from the plurality of users corresponds to the at least one result and at least one of the word, the plurality of words, the phrase, the user profile, the portion of the user profile, the regular expression, the natural language filter, the grammar, the social group, the organization, and the user identification; and

wherein the at least one result is based on the at least the portion of the user-provided data from the plurality of users that corresponds to the at least one result and the at least one of the word, the plurality of words, the phrase, the user profile, the portion of the user profile, the regular expression, the natural language filter, the grammar, the social group, the organization, and the user identification.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein said receiving, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, the at least one result based on the at least one query includes receiving a plurality of results that are based on the at least one query and the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes that include the first unsupported geographical search region shape, wherein the plurality of results include the at least one result.

29. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

providing a map to a user, wherein the map indicates at least one location of the plurality of locations that corresponds to the at least one result based on the at least one query and based on location-based data stored via the at least one social network media data source.

27. (canceled)

30. A system, comprising:

a network interface for coupling to a network;

a means for receiving first input indicating a first location from a computing device;

a means for receiving second input indicating a first geographical search region associated with the first location from the computing device, wherein the first geographical search region comprising at least a first unsupported geographical search region shape that is not a supported geographical search region shape for one or more interfaces of at least one social network media data source;

a means for receiving search data from the computing device;

a means for generating at least one query in accordance with the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one query specifies a plurality of supported geographical search region shapes supported by the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, wherein the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes cover at least the unsupported geographical search region shape that is not a supported geographical search region shape of the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source such that the at least one query is inclusive of the first unsupported geographical search region shape, which are supported by the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, and wherein the at least one query is based on the first geographical search region, the search data, and the at least one social network media data source, wherein the at least one social network media data source stores user-provided data from a plurality of users provided to one or more social network of the at least one social network media data source via a plurality of computing devices at a plurality of locations;

a means for providing the at least one query, comprising the plurality of supported geographical search region shapes supported by the one or more interfaces of the at least one social network media data source, to the at least one social network media data source, wherein the means for providing the at least one query to the at least one social network media data source is coupled to the network interface;

a means for receiving, from the at least one social network media data source via the network interface and the network, at least one result based on the at least one query, including based on at least the specified plurality of supported geographical search region shapes, and based on the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source; and

a means for providing the at least one result to the computing device.