DATA LIST CUSTOMIZATION BASED ON SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP

• US 20140188846A1
• Filed: 10/12/2012
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Kurabayashi, Shuichi
• Application Number:
  US13/820,716
• Publication Number:
  US 20140188846A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/156 Query results presentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for a data list customization scheme. In some examples, a data management system may include a communication history analysis unit configured to analyze a communication history of a user, a relationship determination unit configured to calculate relationship indicators for respective acquaintances of the user based at least in part on the communication history of the user analyzed by the communication history analysis unit, and a data list customization unit configured to sort a list of data files based at least in part on the relationship indicators for the respective acquaintances of the user calculated by the relationship determination unit.

Claims

1. A data management system, comprising:

a communication history analysis unit configured to analyze a communication history of a user;

a relationship determination unit configured to calculate relationship indicators for respective acquaintances of the user based at least in part on the communication history of the user analyzed by the communication history analysis unit; and

a data list customization unit configured to sort a list of data files based at least in part on the relationship indicators for the respective acquaintances of the user calculated by the relationship determination unit,

wherein the data files include at least one of image files, audio files, video files, document files, and message files.

2. The data management system of claim 1, wherein the communication history analysis unit is further configured to detect a number of communications with each of the acquaintances of the user.

3. The data management system of claim 2, wherein the communications with each of the acquaintances of the user include at least one of phone calls, e-mail exchanges, short message service (SMS) message exchanges, and social network service (SNS) message exchanges.

4. The data management system of claim 2, wherein the relationship determination unit is further configured to increase the relationship indicator for a respective one of the acquaintances as the number of communications with the respective one of the acquaintances increases.

5. The data management system of claim 2, wherein the communication history analysis unit is further configured to detect times of the communications with each of the acquaintances of the user.

6. The data management system of claim 5, wherein the relationship determination unit is further configured to increase the relationship indicator for a respective one of the acquaintances as the number of communications with the respective one of the acquaintances increases within a predetermined period of time.

7. The data management system of claim 1, wherein the data list customization unit is further configured to sort the list of the data files in descending order of the relationship indicators for the respective acquaintances associated with the data files.

8. The data management system of claim 1, further comprising:

a data retrieval unit configured to retrieve the data files from a storage; and

a list presentation unit configured to provide the user with the list of the data files retrieved by the data retrieval unit.

9. The data management system of claim 8, wherein the storage is operated by a cloud storage service provider.

10. (canceled)

11. A method performed under control of a data management system, comprising:

analyzing a communication history of a user;

calculating relationship indicators for respective acquaintances of the user based at least in part on the analyzed communication history of the user; and

sorting a list of data files based at least in part on the calculated relationship indicators,

wherein the data files include at least one of image files, audio files, video files, document files, and message files.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the analyzing includes detecting at least one of times and numbers of communications with the respective acquaintances of the user.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the communications with the respective acquaintances of the user include at least one of phone calls, e-mail exchanges, short message service (SMS) message exchanges, and social network service (SNS) message exchanges.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the relationship indicator for a respective one of the acquaintances increases as the number of communications with the respective one of the acquaintances increases.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the relationship indicator for a respective one of the acquaintances increases as the number of communications with the respective one of the acquaintances increases within a predetermined period of time.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the sorting includes sorting the list of the data files in descending order of the relationship indicators for the acquaintances associated with the data files.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a search query from the user;

retrieving from a storage the data files associated with the search query; and

generating the list of the retrieved data files.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

providing the user with the sorted list of the data files.

19. (canceled)

20. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause an electronic device to perform operations, comprising:

retrieving from a storage data files associated with a search query input by a user; and

customizing a list of the retrieved data files based at least in part on a communication history of the user,

wherein the data files include at least one of image files, audio files, video files, document files, and message files.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the customizing includes sorting the list of the retrieved data files based at least in part on an amount of communication between the user and the user'"'"'s acquaintance who is associated with each of the retrieved data files.