CATEGORIZING CONTENT

• US 20140006394A1
• Filed: 06/28/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kritt, Barry A., Rakshit, Sarbajit K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,405,824 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/353 into predefined classes

Abstract

For categorizing content, a categorizing module categorizes content of a content stream into a category of a plurality of categories. A recording module records a navigation action directed to first content of the content stream. The recording module further elevates a ranking of a first category associated with the first content in response to the navigation action. In addition, the recording module displays highest ranking categories for selection.

Claims

1. A method for categorizing content comprising:

categorizing, by use of a processor, content of a content stream into a category of a plurality of categories;

recording a navigation action directed to first content of the content stream;

elevating a ranking of a first category associated with the first content in response to the navigation action; and

displaying highest ranking categories for selection.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a content action on content in a selected category in response to a category selection.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the content action comprises displaying the content of the selected category.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the content action comprises sharing the content of the selected category.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of categories is chosen by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed highest ranking categories are sorted based on a criteria selected from the group consisting of a ranking value of each category, category preferences, alphabetizing, cumulative navigation action strength, temporal weight, and an affinity weight to user friends.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation action comprises at least one of a scroll pause, a content selection, a content upload, a content comment, a content like, and a cursor hover.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the content stream is selected from the group consisting of a social media content stream, a news content stream, and an entertainment content stream.

9. A computer program product for categorizing content, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code configured to:

categorize content of a content stream into a category of a plurality of categories;

record a navigation action directed to first content of the content stream;

elevate a ranking of a first category associated with the first content in response to the navigation action; and

display highest ranking categories for selection.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, the computer readable program code further performing a content action on content in a selected category in response to a category selection, the content action selected from the group consisting of displaying the content of the selected category and sharing the content of the selected category.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the plurality of categories is chosen by the user.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the displayed highest ranking categories are sorted based on a criteria selected from the group consisting of a ranking value of each category, category preferences, alphabetizing, cumulative navigation action strength, temporal weight, and an affinity weight to user friends.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the navigation action comprises at least one of a scroll pause, a content selection, a content upload, a content comment, a content like, and a cursor hover.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the content stream is selected from the group consisting of a social media content stream, a news content stream, and an entertainment content stream.

15. A system comprising:

a content source providing a content stream;

a categorizing module that categorizes content of a content stream into a category of a plurality of categories;

a recording module that records a navigation action directed to first content of the content stream, that elevates a ranking of a first category associated with the first content in response to the navigation action, and that displays highest ranking categories for selection,

wherein at least a portion of the categorizing module and the recording module comprise one or more of hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more computer readable storage media.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising performing a content action on content in a selected category in response to a category selection, the content action selected from the group consisting of displaying the content of the selected category and sharing the content of the selected category.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of categories is chosen by the user.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the displayed highest ranking categories are sorted based on a criteria selected from the group consisting of a ranking value of each category, category preferences, alphabetizing, cumulative navigation action strength, temporal weight, and an affinity weight to user friends.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the navigation action comprises at least one of a scroll pause, a content selection, a content upload, a content comment, a content like, and a cursor hover.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the content stream is selected from the group consisting of a social media content stream, a news content stream, and an entertainment content stream.