SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING OR MAINTAINING A PERSONALIZED TRUSTED SOCIAL NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network for a primary user, the method comprising:
- monitoring one or more blogs, wherein the one or more blogs provide feeds to at least one blog entry that the primary user is a subscriber and access to microcontent items appended to the at least one blog entry by at least one of a blogger that contributed to the blog entry and a plurality of users other than the blogger;
parsing one or more feeds for the one or more blogs and identifying therefrom the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users that appended microcontent items to the at least blog entry that the primary user is a subscriber;
creating a trusted social network based on an association of the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users with the primary user; and
providing an annotated search result in response to a query from the primary user, the annotated search result including a reference to at least one microcontent item and at least one link to a blog entry published by the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users from the trusted social network.
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Abstract
Automated systems and methods are provided for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network for a community of users, with little or no input from any given user. To establish the personalized trusted social network, one or more trusted sources are identified for a given user. The identified trusted sources are added to a user profile for the given user. Also, identified are any annotations, bookmarks, or the like that the identified trusted sources have associated with any shared content. These annotations provide access to microcontent items that the identified trusted sources have integrated with the shared content to thereby enhance or enrich its context. One or more profiles are constructed or updated to track the associations between the identified trusted sources and their annotations. The profile information can be applied to enhance and personalize search and browsing experiences for the given user.
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1. A method implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network for a primary user, the method comprising:
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monitoring one or more blogs, wherein the one or more blogs provide feeds to at least one blog entry that the primary user is a subscriber and access to microcontent items appended to the at least one blog entry by at least one of a blogger that contributed to the blog entry and a plurality of users other than the blogger; parsing one or more feeds for the one or more blogs and identifying therefrom the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users that appended microcontent items to the at least blog entry that the primary user is a subscriber; creating a trusted social network based on an association of the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users with the primary user; and providing an annotated search result in response to a query from the primary user, the annotated search result including a reference to at least one microcontent item and at least one link to a blog entry published by the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users from the trusted social network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A machine-readable, non-transitory and tangible medium having data recorded thereon for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network for a primary user, the medium, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform the following:
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monitoring one or more blogs, wherein the one or more blogs provide feeds to at least one blog entry that the primary user is a subscriber and access to microcontent items appended to the at least one blog entry by at least one of a blogger that contributed to the blog entry and a plurality of users other than the blogger; parsing one or more feeds for the one or more blogs and identifying therefrom the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users that appended microcontent items to the at least blog entry that the primary user is a subscriber; creating a trusted social network based on an association of the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users with the primary user; and providing an annotated search result in response to a query from the primary user, the annotated search result including a reference to at least one microcontent item and at least one link to a blog entry published by the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users from the trusted social network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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