METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FAMILY NETWORKING COMPUTING PLATFORM

• US 20170302748A1
• Filed: 11/03/2016
• Published: 10/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lyk, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Saptarshi Das
• Inventors: CHAKRABORTY, ADRIS, DE, PIYAS, DAS, SAPTARSHI
• Granted Patent: US 10,110,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

In one aspect, a computerized method provides an online social network, wherein online social network comprises a set of nodes, wherein each node represents a user and a set of relationships between each node. The computerized method identifies a set of users that are members of the same family. The computerized method identifies each node of the set of users that are members of the same family. When a member of the set of users interacts with another member of the set of users; the computerized method determines an interaction and determines a family-relationship status between the member and the other member; and scores the interaction. The computerized method generates a family bonding index based on the family relationship status of the member and the other member and the score the interaction. The computerized method updates the set of relationships of the of social network based on the family bonding index.

Claims

1. A method of a managing an online social network comprising:

providing an online social network, wherein the online social network comprises a set of nodes, wherein each node represents a user and a set of relationships between each node;

identifying a set of users that are members of the same family;

identifying each node of the set of users that are members of the same family;

when a member of the set of users interacts with another member a the set of users;

determine an interaction;

determine a family-relationship status between the member and the other member; and

score the interaction;

generating a family bonding index based on the family relationship status of the member and the other member and the score the interaction; and

updating the set of relationships of the online social network based on the family bonding index.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the family relationship status of the member and the other member comprises a parent and child relationship.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the family relationship status of the member and the other member comprises a spousal relationship.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the family relationship status of the member and the other member comprises a grandparent and grandchild relationship or a close friendship relationship.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

aggregating the interaction scores for all the members of the family for a specified period.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

generating an aggregated family bonding index.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

updating the set of relationships of the online social network based on the aggregated family bonding index.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

periodically determining a location of all the members of the family.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining when a family member enters unsafe geographic region.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

generating a text message, wherein the text message comprises a location of the family member in the unsafe geographic region.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

communicating the text message to a specified family member'"'"'s mobile device.

12. A mobile-device system for managing an online social network comprising:

a processor;

a memory containing instructions when executed on the processor, causes the processor to perform operations that;

provide an online social network, wherein the online social network comprises a set of nodes, wherein each node represents a user and a set of relationships between each node;

identify a set of users that are members of the same family;

identify each node of the set of users that are members of the same family;

when a member of the set of users interacts with another member of the set of users;

determine an interaction;

determine a family-relationship status between the member and the other member; and

score the interaction;

generate a family bonding index based on the family relationship status of the member and the other member and the score the interaction; and

update the set of relationships of the online social network based on the family bonding index.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the family relationship status of the member and the other member comprises a parent and child relationship.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the family relationship status of the member and the other member comprises a spousal relationship.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the family relationship status of the member and the other member comprises a close friendship relationship between non-genetically related individuals.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the family relationship status of the member and the other member is invisible to other members of the online social network.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the member shares a digital media with all the explicit relations of the member'"'"'s social network.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein when the member shares the digital media with a subset of members of the explicit relations of the member'"'"'s social network an online chat session is created between the subset of members.