GOAL-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING TO IMPROVE USER MOTIVATION

• US 20170289302A1
• Filed: 04/01/2016
• Published: 10/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: CHANDER, Ajay
• Granted Patent: US 10,582,007 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/30 in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A method to create and to link user profiles in a social networking system may include dynamically determining a current progress level of a first user with respect to a goal of the first user based on data received from a sensor or user input. The method may include, in response to determining that the current progress level of the first user satisfies the threshold progress level with respect to a goal of the first user, changing a user profile of the first user to include an indication that the first user has reached an achievement level with respect to the goal of the first user. The method may include selecting the user profile of the first user of the social networking system from multiple user profiles of other users of the social networking system based on the indication and presenting the user profile to a second user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method to create and to link user profiles in a social networking system, the method comprising:

dynamically determining a current progress level of a first user of a social networking system with respect to a goal of the first user based on data received from a sensor or user input associated with the first user;

dynamically determining whether the current progress level of the first user satisfies a threshold progress level with respect to a goal of the first user;

in response to determining that the current progress level satisfies the threshold progress level with respect to the goal of the first user, changing a user profile of the first user to include an indication that the first user has reached an achievement level with respect to the goal of the first user;

selecting the user profile of the first user of the social networking system from a plurality of user profiles of other users of the social networking system based on the indication in the user profile of the first user that the first user has reached the achievement level with respect to the goal of the first user;

presenting the user profile of the first user to a second user; and

in response to presentation of the user profile of the first user to the second user and selection of the user profile of the first user by the second user, changing the user profile of the first user to include a network link to a user profile of the second user and changing the user profile of the second user to include a network link to the user profile of the first user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile of the first user is selected from the plurality of user profiles of other users in response to determining a current progress level of the second user with respect to a goal of the second user has not reached the threshold progress level.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising dynamically updating the user profile of the first user based on the achievement level of the first user with respect to the goal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a third user of the social networking system sending an electronic dedication to the first user, wherein the electronic dedication indicates an intent of the third user to dedicate to the first user an action to be performed by the third user, changing the user profile of the first user to include an indication of the electronic dedication,

wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on the indication of the electronic dedication in the user profile of the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a third user of the social networking system selecting the user profile of the first user, changing the user profile of the first user to include an indication of the selection of the user profile of the first user by the third user,

wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on the indication of the selection of the user profile of the first user by the third user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on one or more of the following:

data related to a context in which the first user reached the achievement level, an age of the first user, professional information regarding the first user, and a gender of the first user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on a total number of network links in the user profile of the first user to the plurality of user profiles of the other users.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to a third user of the social networking system sending an electronic gift to the first user, wherein the electronic gift indicates an intent of the third user to donate to the first user an action already performed by the third user that is related to achievement of the goal, the method further comprises:

determining the progress level of the first user with respect to the goal to be higher than a previous progress level of the first user with respect to the goal;

determining a progress level of the third user with respect to the goal to be lower than a previous progress level of the third user with respect to the goal; and

changing the user profile of the first user to include an indication that the first user has received the electronic gift.

9. A social networking system comprising:

a processor configured to;

dynamically determine a current progress level of a first user of a social networking system with respect to a goal of the first user based on data received from a sensor or user input associated with the first user;

dynamically determine whether the current progress level of the first user satisfies a threshold progress level with respect to a goal of the first user;

in response to determining that the current progress level satisfies the threshold progress level with respect to the goal of the first user, change a user profile of the first user to include an indication that the first user has reached an achievement level with respect to the goal of the first user;

select the user profile of the first user of the social networking system from a plurality of user profiles of other users of the social networking system based on the indication in the user profile of the first user that the first user has reached the achievement level with respect to the goal of the first user;

present the user profile of the first user to a second user; and

in response to presentation of the user profile of the first user to the second user and selection of the user profile of the first user by the second user, change the user profile of the first user to include a network link to a user profile of the second user and changing the user profile of the second user to include a network link to the user profile of the first user.

10. The social networking system of claim 9, wherein the user profile of the first user is selected from the plurality of user profiles of other users in response to determining a current progress level of the second user with respect to a goal of the second user has not reached the threshold progress level.

11. The social networking system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to \ dynamically update the user profile of the first user based on the achievement level of the first user with respect to the goal.

12. The social networking system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to a third user of the social networking system sending an electronic dedication to the first user, wherein the electronic dedication indicates an intent of the third user to dedicate to the first user an action to be performed by the third user, change the user profile of the first user to include an indication of the electronic dedication,

wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on the indication of the electronic dedication in the user profile of the first user.

13. The social networking system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to a third user of the social networking system selecting the user profile of the first user, change the user profile of the first user to include an indication of the selection of the user profile of the first user by the third user,

wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on the indication of the selection of the user profile of the first user by the third user.

14. The social networking system of claim 9, wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on one or more of the following:

data related to a context in which the first user reached the achievement level and an age of the first user, wherein the data is received from a sensor associated with the first user.

15. The social networking system of claim 9, wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on a total number of network links in the user profile of the first user to the plurality of user profiles of the other users.

16. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media that include instructions stored thereon that are executable by one or more processors to perform or control performance of operations to create and to link user profiles in a social networking system, the operations comprising:

dynamically determining a current progress level of a first user of a social networking system with respect to a goal of the first user based on data received from a sensor or user input associated with the first user;

dynamically determining whether the current progress level of the first user satisfies a threshold progress level with respect to a goal of the first user;

in response to determining that the current progress level satisfies the threshold progress level with respect to the goal of the first user, changing a user profile of the first user to include an indication that the first user has reached an achievement level with respect to the goal of the first user;

selecting the user profile of the first user of the social networking system from a plurality of user profiles of other users of the social networking system based on the indication in the user profile of the first user that the first user has reached the achievement level with respect to the goal of the first user;

presenting the user profile of the first user to a second user; and

in response to presentation of the user profile of the first user to the second user and selection of the user profile of the first user by the second user, changing the user profile of the first user to include a network link to the user profile of the second user and changing the user profile of the second user to include a network link to the user profile of the first user.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the user profile of the first user is selected from the plurality of user profiles of other users in response to determining a current progress level of the second user with respect to a goal of the second user has not reached the threshold progress level.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to a third user of the social networking system sending an electronic dedication to the first user, wherein the electronic dedication indicates an intent of the third user to dedicate to the first user an action to be performed by the third user, changing the user profile of the first user to include an indication of the electronic dedication,

wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on the indication of the electronic dedication in the user profile of the first user.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to a third user of the social networking system selecting the user profile of the first user, changing the user profile of the first user to include an indication of the selection of the user profile of the first user by the third user,

wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on the indication of the selection of the user profile of the first user by the third user.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the selection of the user profile of the first user from the plurality of user profiles of the other users is further based on one or more of the following:

data related to a context in which the first user reached the achievement level and an age of the first user, wherein the data is received from a sensor associated with the first user.