Feature propagation

• US 8,225,001 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2010
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hart, James E., Jariwala, Adnan S., Shirole, Jaitirth V.
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US12/652,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20110167117A1
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/206, 709/207, 709/246, 709/251, 709/248, 709/205, 709/212, 709/216, 709/217, 709/220
• US Class Current: 709/248
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

Software is propagated over a social network through an instant message client. The software is propagated to a computing device in the social network over the instant message client, wherein the software is based upon a rating system within the social network.

Claims

1. A method of propagating software over a social network through an instant message client from a sending user to a receiving user, comprising:

initiating an instant messaging session between the sending user and the receiving user;

determining, with a first processor at a first client of the sending user and a second processor at a second client of the receiving user, if a first operating environment of said first client is compatible with a second operating environment of said second client;

in response to a determination that said first operating environment is compatible with said second operating environment, comparing at least a first feature on a first manifest of features stored on a first memory of said first client with a second manifest of features stored on a second memory of said second client;

in response to a determination that said at least a first feature on said first instant message client is different from or not available on said second manifest of features, determining a first reputation score of an author of said at least a first feature, said first reputation score being based upon first predetermined factors; and

approving propagation of said at least a first feature to said at least a second client when said first reputation score is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value.

2. The method of propagating software of claim 1, wherein said in response to a determination that said at least a first feature on said first instant message client is different from or not available on said second manifest of features, further comprises determining a second reputation score of said sending user, said second reputation score being based upon second predetermined factors.

3. The method of propagating software of claim 2, further comprising approving propagation of said at least a first feature to said second client when said second reputation score is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a rating system for said at least a first feature within the social network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said rating system further comprises an indication of applicability of said at least a first feature to social and non-social communities.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said rating system further comprises a score of said at least a first feature based on third predetermined factors applicable to said at least a first feature.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said rating system further comprises adjusting said score after use of said at least a first feature within the social network.

11. The system of claim 6, further comprising instructions for storing a rating system for said at least a first feature within the social network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said rating system further comprises instructions for indicating applicability of said at least a first feature to social and non-social communities.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein said rating system further comprises instructions for scoring said at least a first feature based on third predetermined factors applicable to said at least a first feature.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said rating system further comprises instructions for adjusting said score after use of said at least a first feature within the social network.

8. A system for propagating software over a social network through an instant message client from a sending user to a receiving user, comprising:

a processor; and

memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory is encoded with instructions and wherein the instructions when executed comprise;

instructions for initiating an instant messaging session between the sending user and the receiving user;

instructions for determining, at a first client of the sending user and at a second client of the receiving user, if a first operating environment of said first client is compatible with a second operating environment of said second client;

in response to a determination that said first operating environment is compatible with said second operating environment, instructions for comparing at least a first feature on a first manifest of features stored on said first client with a second manifest of features stored on said second client;

in response to a determination that said at least a first feature on said first instant message client is different from or not available on said second manifest of features, instructions for determining a first reputation score of an author of said at least a first feature, said first reputation score being based upon first predetermined factors; and

instructions for approving propagation of said at least a first feature to said second client when said first reputation score is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said in response to a determination that said at least a first feature on said first client is different from or not available on said second manifest of features, further comprises instructions for determining a second reputation score of said sending user, said second reputation score being based upon second predetermined factors.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions for approving propagation of said at least a first feature to said second client when said second reputation score is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value.

15. A computer program product for propagating software over a social network through an instant message client from a sending user to a receiving user, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code configured to initiate an instant messaging session between the sending user and the receiving user;

computer readable program code configured to determine if a first operating environment of said first client is compatible with a second operating environment of said second client;

in response to a determination that said first operating environment is compatible with said second operating environment, computer readable program code configured to compare at least a first feature on a first manifest of features of said first client with a second manifest of features on said second client;

in response to a determination that said at least a first feature on said first instant message client is different from or not available on said second manifest of features, computer readable program code configured to determine a first reputation score of an author of said at least a first feature, said first reputation score being based upon first predetermined factors; and

computer readable program code configured to approve propagation of said at least a first feature to said at least a second client when said first reputation score is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said in response to a determination that said at least a first feature on said first client is different from or not available on said second manifest of features, further comprising computer readable program code configured to determine a second reputation score of said sending user, said second reputation score being based upon second predetermined factors.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising computer readable program code configured to approve propagation of said at least a first feature to said second client when said second reputation score is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer readable program code configured to store a rating system for said at least a first feature within the social network.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein said rating system further comprises computer readable program code configured to indicate applicability of said at least a first feature to social and non-social communities.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising computer readable program code configured to score said at least a first feature based on third predetermined factors.