Automated Group Recommendation

• US 20160021179A1
• Filed: 05/13/2015
• Published: 01/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: James, Gavin, Lewis, Justin
• Granted Patent: US 10,139,987 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82

Abstract

A system for automatically generating group recommendation comprises a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to receive information about a first user; construct a recommended group of other users using the information about the first user; provide the recommended group of other users as suggestion to the first user; and responsive to input from the first user, create a new group in a service, and performing an action on the new group in the service. The disclosure also includes similar methods and computer program products for the automatic generation and suggestion of groups.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, using one or more processors, information about a first user;

constructing, using the one or more processors, a recommended group of other users using the information about the first user;

providing, using the one or more processors, the recommended group of other users as suggestion to the first user; and

responsive to input from the first user, creating a new group in a service, and performing an action on the new group in the service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the service is a social network service or a video sharing service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the first user is one or more of profile data, content metadata, viewing history, explicit input, inferred data, proximity data or social network data or video sharing data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the recommended group of other users includes associating an icon with the recommended group and providing the icon for display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the recommended group of other users includes generating a slide show of a plurality of icons, wherein each of the icons is a pictorial representations of a user in the recommended group, and providing the slide show for display.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of icons correspond to a set of most active users in the recommended group.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the recommended group of other users includes generating an icon including a plurality of pictorial representations each pictorial representations corresponding to a user in the recommended group, and providing the icon for display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the recommended group of other users includes generating a plurality of icons, each icon being a pictorial representation of a user in the recommended group, and providing the plurality of icons for display to the first user in overlapping positions with icons for a set of most active users shown with less overlap than other icons corresponding to other users in the recommended group, and providing the plurality of icons for display.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the recommended group of other users includes retrieving a picture from a social network, the picture including a subset of users in the recommended group, and providing the picture for display.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the action is one of:

posting a comment, posting an endorsement, sending a message, sending a photo, sending a video, sharing content, updating a group list, and modifying an access permission.

11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive information about a first user;

construct a recommended group of other users using the information about the first user;

provide the recommended group of other users as suggestion to the first user; and

responsive to input from the first user, create a new group in a service, and performing an action on the new group in the service.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the service is a social network service or a video sharing service.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the information about the first user is one or more of profile data, content metadata, viewing history, explicit input, inferred data, proximity data or social network data or video sharing data.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes associating an icon with the recommended group and providing the icon for display.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes generating a slide show of a plurality of icons, wherein each of the icons is a pictorial representations of a user in the recommended group, and providing the slide show for display.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the plurality of icons correspond to a set of most active users in the recommended group.

17. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes generating an icon including a plurality of pictorial representations each pictorial representations corresponding to a user in the recommended group, and providing the icon for display.

18. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes generating a plurality of icons, each icon being a pictorial representation of a user in the recommended group, and providing the plurality of icons for display to the first user in overlapping positions with icons for a set of most active users shown with less overlap than other icons corresponding to other users in the recommended group, and providing the plurality of icons for display.

19. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes retrieving a picture from a social network, the picture including a subset of users in the recommended group, and providing the picture for display.

20. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the action is one of:

posting a comment, posting an endorsement, sending a message, sending a photo, sending a video, sharing content, updating a group list, and modifying an access permission.

21. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to;

receive information about a first user;

construct a recommended group of other users using the information about the first user;

provide the recommended group of other users as suggestion to the first user; and

responsive to input from the first user, create a new group in a service, and performing an action on the new group in the service.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the service is a social network service or a video sharing service.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the information about the first user is one or more of profile data, content metadata, viewing history, explicit input, inferred data, proximity data or social network data or video sharing data.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes associating an icon with the recommended group and providing the icon for display.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes generating a slide show of a plurality of icons, wherein each of the icons is a pictorial representations of a user in the recommended group, and providing the slide show for display.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the plurality of icons correspond to a set of most active users in the recommended group.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes generating an icon including a plurality of pictorial representations each pictorial representations corresponding to a user in the recommended group, and providing the icon for display.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes generating a plurality of icons, each icon being a pictorial representation of a user in the recommended group, and providing the plurality of icons for display to the first user in overlapping positions with icons for a set of most active users shown with less overlap than other icons corresponding to other users in the recommended group, and providing the plurality of icons for display.

29. The system of claim 21, wherein the provision of the recommended group of other users includes retrieving a picture from a social network, the picture including a subset of users in the recommended group, and providing the picture for display.

30. The system of claim 21, wherein the action is one of:

posting a comment, posting an endorsement, sending a message, sending a photo, sending a video, sharing content, updating a group list, and modifying an access permission.