SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT BASED SOCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND MONETIZATION THEREOF
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying, via a computing device, an image collection associated with a first user within a photo-sharing network;
parsing, via the computing device, each image in the image collection to identify content of each image;
determining, via the computing device, a first content category based on the content of each image;
grouping, via the computing device, each image associated with the first content category into a first image cluster;
analyzing, via the computing device, each image of the first cluster to determine an occurrence of a digital representation of a second user within the first cluster;
providing, via the computing device, a recommendation to the first user and the second user, said recommendation facilitating a social relationship between the first user and the second user within the photo-sharing network; and
serving, via the computing device, an advertisement to the first user and the second user in accordance with the recommendation and based on the first content category.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for automatically detecting social relationships from consumer image collections. The disclosed systems and methods provide the ability to infer relationships between people thereby creating dynamic social networks from the occurrences of people appearing in digital images. Occurrences of people in pictures can be detected based on known or to be known facial recognition technology. These inferences enable relationship determinations regarding whether the people are family members, friends, acquaintances or merely strangers who happen to be in the same place at the same time. The disclosed detection of such relationships enables the building of intelligent image management systems. Furthermore, based on the detected social relationships, advertisements can be served not solely to a single person, but to multiple people within the scope of the social relationship
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying, via a computing device, an image collection associated with a first user within a photo-sharing network; parsing, via the computing device, each image in the image collection to identify content of each image; determining, via the computing device, a first content category based on the content of each image; grouping, via the computing device, each image associated with the first content category into a first image cluster; analyzing, via the computing device, each image of the first cluster to determine an occurrence of a digital representation of a second user within the first cluster; providing, via the computing device, a recommendation to the first user and the second user, said recommendation facilitating a social relationship between the first user and the second user within the photo-sharing network; and serving, via the computing device, an advertisement to the first user and the second user in accordance with the recommendation and based on the first content category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor of a computing device, perform a method comprising:
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identifying an image collection associated with a first user within a photo-sharing network; parsing each image in the image collection to identify content of each image; determining a first content category based on the content of each image; grouping each image associated with the first content category into a first image cluster; analyzing each image of the first cluster to determine an occurrence of a digital representation of a second user within the first cluster; providing a recommendation to the first user and the second user, said recommendation facilitating a social relationship between the first user and the second user within the photo-sharing network; and serving an advertisement to the first user and the second user in accordance with the recommendation and based on the first content category. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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at least one computing device comprising; memory storing computer-executable instructions; and one or more processors for executing said computer-executable instructions, comprising; identifying an image collection associated with a first user within a photo-sharing network; parsing each image in the image collection to identify content of each image; determining a first content category based on the content of each image; grouping each image associated with the first content category into a first image cluster; analyzing each image of the first cluster to determine an occurrence of a digital representation of a second user within the first cluster; providing a recommendation to the first user and the second user, said recommendation facilitating a social relationship between the first user and the second user within the photo-sharing network; and serving an advertisement to the first user and the second user in accordance with the recommendation and based on the first content category. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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