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

• US 20130238652A1
• Filed: 11/14/2012
• 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 9,626,446 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• 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. Location-based information (e.g., in advertisement, a promotion, a coupon, etc.) can be provided to corresponding computing devices that correspond to one or more results of the one or more queries of the social network media data sources associated with the search region. The location-based information can be provided to the computing device via one or more of a banner advertisement, a text message, a SMS (short message service) message, an email message, a video and an in-application message, among others.

Claims

1-61. -61. (canceled)

62. 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 located at a location, at least one search region including the location and search data directed to searching at least one social network Internet site, wherein the at least one social network Internet site has at least one social network media data source storing social network user-provided information provided by a plurality of users to the at least one social network Internet site via a plurality of computing devices at a plurality of locations;

provides, via the network, the at least one search region to a social media query system for the at least one social network Internet site;

provides, via the network, the search data directed to searching the at least one social network Internet site to the social media query system;

receives, via the network, a plurality of search results from the social media query system, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is related to the location within the at least one search region and includes social network user-provided information provided to the at least one social network Internet site by one or more users utilizing one or more of the plurality of computing devices from the location, and further wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results is based on, at least, the at least one search region, the search data, and the social network user-provided information provided by the plurality of users to the at least one social network Internet site via the plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations;

provides, via the network and directed to the computing device, location based information that is based on the at least one of the plurality of search results that is related to the location within the at least one search region and includes social network user-provided information provided to the at least one social network Internet site by the one or more users utilizing the one or more of the plurality of computing devices from that location, wherein the location based information includes at least one of an advertisement, a promotion, and a coupon for a retail entity (i) located at the location where the social network user-provided information related to the at least one of the plurality of search results was provided to the social network Internet site, and (ii) related to the social network user-provided information provided at the location by the plurality of users via a plurality of mobile computing devices to the at least one social network Internet site.

63. The system of claim 62,

wherein each of the at least one of the advertisement, the promotion, and the coupon is provided via at least one of a banner advertisement, a text message, a short message service message, an email message, a video, and an in-application message;

and

wherein the search data includes 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.

64. The system of claim 63, 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.

65. The system of claim 62,

wherein each of the at least one of the advertisement, the promotion, and the coupon is provided via at least one of a banner advertisement, a text message, a short message service message, an email message, a video, and an in-application message;

and

wherein the search data includes at least a portion of a user profile, wherein the user profile includes at least one of a user name, a 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.

66. The system of claim 62,

wherein the system:

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;

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

receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, at least one result of the plurality of search results based on the at least one search region, the search data and the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source.

67. The system of claim 66, wherein the user-provided data from the plurality of users includes social network user-provided content.

68. The system of claim 62, wherein the location based information includes 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;

and wherein the system provides the at least one location of the plurality of locations to at least one of the plurality of computing devices via a map.

69. The system of claim 62, wherein the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source includes user input from the plurality of users utilizing 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.

70. The system of claim 62, 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.

71. The system of claim 62,

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.

72. The system of claim 62,

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.

73. The system of claim 62,

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.

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

receives, from a computing device located at a location, at least one search region including the location and search data directed to searching at least one social network Internet site, wherein the at least one social network Internet site has at least one social network media data source storing social network user-provided information provided by a plurality of users to the at least one social network Internet site via a plurality of computing devices at a plurality of locations;

provides, via a network, the at least one search region to a social media query system for the at least one social network Internet site;

provides, via the network, the search data directed to searching the at least one social network Internet site to the social media query system;

receives, via the network, a plurality of search results from the social media query system, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is related to the location within the at least one search region and includes social network user-provided information provided to the at least one social network Internet site by one or more users utilizing one or more of the plurality of computing devices from the location, and further wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results is based on, at least, the at least one search region, the search data, and the social network user-provided information provided by the plurality of users to the at least one social network Internet site via the plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations;

provides, via the network, directed to the computing device, location based information that is based on the at least one of the plurality of search results that is related to the location within the at least one search region and includes social network user-provided information provided to the at least one social network Internet site by the one or more users utilizing the one or more of the plurality of computing devices from that location, wherein the location based information includes at least one of an advertisement, a promotion, and a coupon for a retail entity (i) located at the location where the social network user-provided information related to the at least one of the plurality of search results was provided to the social network Internet site, and (ii) related to the social network user-provided information provided at the location by the plurality of users via a plurality of mobile computing devices to the at least one social network Internet site.

75. The computer readable memory device of claim 74,

wherein each of the at least one of the advertisement, the promotion, and the coupon, is provided via at least one of a banner advertisement, a text message, a short message service message, an email message, a video, and an in-application message;

and

wherein the search data includes 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.

76. The computer readable memory device of claim 75, 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 include, a yearly income, an employment status, a credit history, a credit rating, an eye color, a hair color, a music genre, and a membership.

77. The computer readable memory device of claim 75, 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.

78. The computer readable memory device of claim 74, wherein each of the at least one of the advertisement, the promotion, and the coupon is provided via at least one of a banner advertisement, a text message, a short message service message, an email message, a video, and an in-application message;

and

wherein the search data includes at least a portion of a user profile, 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.

79. The computer readable memory device of claim 74,

wherein 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;

receives the search data from the computing device;

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

receives, from the at least one social network media data source via the network, at least one result of the plurality of search results based on the at least one search region, the search data and the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source.

80. The computer readable memory device of claim 79, wherein the user-provided data from the plurality of users includes social network user-provided content.

81. The computer readable memory device of claim 79, wherein the location based information includes 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;

and

wherein the system provides the at least one location of the plurality of locations to at least one of the plurality of computing devices via a map.

82. The computer readable memory device of claim 79, wherein the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source includes user input from the plurality of users utilizing 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.

83. The computer readable memory device of claim 79,

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.

84. A method, comprising:

receiving, from a computing device located at a location, at least one search region including the location and search data directed to searching at least one social network Internet site, wherein the at least one social network Internet site has at least one social network media data source storing social network user-provided information provided by a plurality of users to the at least one social network Internet site via a plurality of computing devices at a plurality of locations;

providing, via a network, the at least one search region to a social media query system for the at least one social network Internet site;

providing, via the network, the search data directed to searching the at least one social network Internet site to the social media query system;

receiving, via the network, a plurality of search results from the social media query system, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is related to the location within the at least one search region and includes social network user-provided information provided to the at least one social network Internet site by one or more users utilizing one or more of the plurality of computing devices from the location, and further wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results is based on, at least, the at least one search region, the search data, and the social network user-provided information provided by the plurality of users to the at least one social network Internet site via the plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations;

providing, via the network, directed to the computing device, location based information that is based on the at least one of the plurality of search results, wherein the location based information includes at least one of an advertisement, a promotion, and a coupon for a retail entity (i) located at the location where the social network user-provided information related to the at least one of the plurality of search results was provided to the social network Internet site, and (ii) related to the social network user-provided information provided at the location by the plurality of users via a plurality of mobile computing devices to the at least one social network Internet site.

85. The method of claim 84, wherein each of the at least one of the advertisement, the promotion, the coupon, the at least one direction to the retail entity location is provided via at least one of a banner advertisement, a text message, a short message service message, an email message, a video, and an in-application message.

86. The method of claim 84, wherein the search data includes 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.

87. The method of claim 84, wherein each of the at least one of the advertisement, the promotion, and the coupon is provided via at least one of a banner advertisement, a text message, a short message service message, an email message, a video, and an in-application message;

and

wherein the search data includes at least a portion of a user profile, 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.

88. The method of claim 84, wherein the location based information includes at least one location of a plurality of locations that corresponds to the plurality of search results;

and wherein the at least one location of the plurality of locations is presented to at least one of the plurality of computing devices via a map.

89. The method of claim 84, further 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;

receiving the search data from the computing device;

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

receiving, from social media query system via the network, at least one result of the plurality of search results based on the at least one search region, the search data and the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source.

90. The method of claim 89, wherein the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source includes user input from a plurality of users utilizing 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.

91. The method of claim 89,

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.

92. A system, comprising:

means for receiving, from a computing device located at a location, at least one search region including the location and search data directed to searching at least one social network Internet site, wherein the at least one social network Internet site has at least one social network media data source storing social network user-provided information provided by a plurality of users to the at least one social network Internet site via a plurality of computing devices at a plurality of locations;

means for providing, via a network, the at least one search region to a social media query system for the at least one social network Internet site;

means for providing, via the network, the search data directed to searching the at least one social network Internet site to the social media query system;

means for receiving, via the network, a plurality of search results from the social media query system, wherein at least one of the plurality of search results is related to the location within the at least one search region and includes social network user-provided information provided to the at least one social network Internet site by one or more users utilizing one or more of the plurality of computing devices from the location, and further wherein the at least one of the plurality of search results is based on, at least, the at least one search region, the search data, and the social network user-provided information provided by the plurality of users to the at least one social network Internet site via the plurality of computing devices at the plurality of locations;

means for providing, via the network, directed to the computing device location based information that is based on the at least one of the plurality of search results, wherein the location based information includes at least one of an advertisement, a promotion, and a coupon for a retail entity (i) located at the location where the social network user-provided information related to the at least one of the plurality of search results was provided to the social network Internet site, and (ii) related to the social network user-provided information provided at the location by the plurality of users via a plurality of mobile computing devices to the at least one social network Internet site.

93. The system of claim 92, wherein each of the at least one of the advertisement, the promotion, the coupon, the at least one direction to the retail entity location is provided via at least one of a banner advertisement, a text message, a short message service message, an email message, a video, and an in-application message.

94. The system of claim 92, wherein the search data includes 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.

95. The system of claim 92, wherein each of the at least one of the advertisement, the promotion, and the coupon is provided via at least one of a banner advertisement, a text message, a short message service message, an email message, a video, and an in-application message;

and

wherein the search data includes at least a portion of a user profile, 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.

96. The system of claim 92, wherein the location based information includes at least one location of a plurality of locations that corresponds to the plurality of search results;

and wherein the at least one location of the plurality of locations is presented to at least one of the plurality of computing devices via a map.

97. The system of claim 92, further comprising means for 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;

means for receiving the search data from the computing device;

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

means for receiving, from social media query system via the network, at least one result of the plurality of search results based on the at least one search region, the search data and the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source.

98. The system of claim 97, wherein the user-provided data stored via the at least one social network media data source includes user input from a plurality of users utilizing 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.

99. The system of claim 97, 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.