ACQUIRING AND PUBLISHING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON A NETWORK

• US 20170017981A1
• Filed: 07/15/2015
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Billy W., Rakshit, Sarbajit K.
• Granted Patent: US 10,489,812 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0217 involving input on products or services in exchange for incentives or rewards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

In acquiring and publishing supplemental information for a network site, information published by a user on a network site including an image of a product and corresponding metadata is analyzed. A provider of the product is identified based on the analysis of the published information and a survey is presented to the user based on the identified provider. Responses to the survey are received from the user and the responses from the user are published on the network site in association with the published information.

Claims

1. A method of acquiring and publishing supplemental information for a network site comprising:

analyzing information published by a user on a network site including an image of a product and corresponding metadata;

identifying a provider of the product based on the analysis of the published information;

presenting a survey to the user based on the identified provider and receiving responses to the survey from the user; and

publishing the responses from the user on the network site in association with the published information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transferring a reward to the user in response to receiving the responses from the user to the survey.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein publishing the responses comprises:

generating a graphical plot of the responses and publishing the graphical plot on the network site.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the responses are in the form of one of text and voice.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting a survey from the identified provider comprises:

determining the presence of a positive sentiment associated with the product based on the analysis of the published information; and

presenting the survey from the identified provider to the user in response to determining the presence of the positive sentiment,

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the network site includes a social networking site.

7. The method claim 1, wherein the survey is a custom survey provided by the provider.

8. A system for acquiring and publishing supplemental information for a network site comprising:

a processor configured to;

analyze information published by a user on a network site including an image of a product and corresponding metadata;

identify a provider of the product based on the analysis of the published information;

present a survey to the user based on the identified provider and receive responses to the survey from the user; and

publish the responses from the user on the network site in association with the published information.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transfer a reward to the user in response to receiving the responses from the user to the survey.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein, in publishing the responses, the processor is further configured to:

generate a graphical plot of the responses and publishing the graphical plot on the network site.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the responses are in the form of one of text and voice.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein, in presenting a survey from the identified provider, the processor is further configured to:

determine the presence of a positive sentiment associated with the product based on the analysis of the published information; and

present the survey from the identified provider to the user in response to determining the presence of the positive sentiment.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the network site includes a social networking site.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the survey is a custom survey provided by the provider.

15. A computer program product for acquiring and publishing supplemental information for a network site, comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied thereon, the computer-readable program code, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

analyze information published by a user on a network site including an image of a product and corresponding metadata;

identify a provider of the product based on the analysis of the published information;

present a survey to the user based on the identified provider and receive responses to the survey from the user; and

publish the responses from the user on the network site in association with the published information.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code is further configured to cause the processor to:

transfer a reward to the user in response to receiving the responses from the user to the survey.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code that causes the processor to publish the responses is further configured to cause the processor to:

generate a graphical plot of the responses and publishing the graphical plot on the network site.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the responses are in the form of one of text and voice.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code that causes the processor to present a survey from the identified provider is further configured to cause the processor to:

determine the presence of a positive sentiment associated with the product based on the analysis of the published information; and

present the survey from the identified provider to the user in response to determining the presence of the positive sentiment.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the network site includes a social networking site.