Game determination of tag relevance for social bookmarking

• US 8,230,338 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2008
• Issued: 07/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Activision Publishing Incorporated (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dugan, Casey, Muller, Michael, Redman, Jerry W., Travis, Amy D., Weber, Sara
• Primary Examiner(s): BONSHOCK, DENNIS G
• Application Number:
  US12/017,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20090187844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,646 Days
• Field of Search: 715/712, 715/759, 715/771
• US Class Current: 715/712
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for game determined tag relevance for social bookmarking. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for the game determination of tag relevance for social bookmarking can be provided. The method can include rendering a game user interface in connection with content in a content browser, providing a list of tags previously associated with the content in the game user interface for a game participant and receiving relevance values for the tags through the game user interface provided by the game participant for each of the tags, comparing the relevance values to relevance values provided by others to generate a score and presenting the score in the game user interface, and applying the received relevance values to the tags to improve quality for each of the tags in association with the content.

Claims

1. A method for game determining tag relevance for social bookmarking, the method comprising:

rendering a game user interface in connection with content in a content browser;

providing a list of tags previously associated with the content in the game user interface for a game participant and receiving relevance values for the tags through the game user interface provided by the game participant for each of the tags;

comparing the relevance values to relevance values provided by others to generate a score for the game participant and presenting the score in the game user interface; and

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applying the received relevance values to the tags to improve quality for each of the tags in association with the content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a specification of a new tag in association with the content; and

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adding the new tag to the tags in association with the content to improve a quantity of tags associated with the content.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising repeating the providing, comparing and applying for a sequence of content.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining the sequence of content by selecting content matching aspects of a social profile for the game participant.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining the sequence of content by selecting content matching tags associated with the game participant as derived either from the social bookmarks of the game participant or from previous tag-based searches directed by the game participant.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining the sequence of content by omitting content previously viewed in the game user interface by the game participant.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining the sequence of content by determining which content has fewer associated tags than a threshold number of tags.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving relevance values for the tags through the game user interface provided by the game participant for each of the tags, comprises receiving relevance values for the tags through the game user interface provided by the game participant for each of the tags within a time limit imposed by the game user interface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a list of tags previously associated with the content in the game user interface for a game participant and receiving relevance values for the tags through the game user interface provided by the game participant for each of the tags, comprises:

displaying the list of tags each as a dart; and

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dragging and dropping each dart onto a portion of a bulls-eye to indicate a relevance value for a corresponding tag.

10. A social bookmarking data processing system comprising:

a social bookmarking system executing in memory by a processor of a computer and coupled to a data store of tags; and

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a tag game coupled to the social bookmarking system, the tag game comprising program code enabled to generate a game user interface comprising a list of tags from the data store of tags previously associated with content, the program code being further enabled to receive relevance values for the tags through the game user interface for each of the tags, to compare the relevance values to relevance values provided by others to generate a score for the game participant and presenting the score in the game user interface, and to apply the received relevance values to the tags.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the game user interface further comprises a tag entry field programmed to accept a new tag to be associated with the content.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the game user interface comprises:

a plurality of iconic representations of tags; and

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a target, each portion of the target corresponding to a different relevance value, both the iconic representations and the target being configured for drag-and-drop operations to apply a relevance value to a tag corresponding to a dragged and dropped iconic representation onto a portion of the target.

13. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium storing computer usable program code for game determining tag relevance for social bookmarking, the computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code for rendering a game user interface in connection with content in a content browser;

computer usable program code for providing a list of tags previously associated with the content in the game user interface for a game participant and receiving relevance values for the tags through the game user interface provided by the game participant for each of the tags;

computer usable program code for comparing the relevance values to relevance values provided by others to generate a score for the game participant and presenting the score in the game user interface; and

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computer usable program code for applying the received relevance values to the tags to improve quality for each of the tags in association with the content.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising:

computer usable program code for receiving a specification of a new tag in association with the content; and

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computer usable program code for adding the new tag to the tags in association with the content to improve a quantity of tags associated with the content.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising computer usable program code for repeating the providing, comparing and applying for a sequence of content.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer usable program code for determining the sequence of content by selecting content matching aspects of a social profile for the game participant.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer usable program code for determining the sequence of content by selecting content matching tags associated with the game participant as derived either from the social bookmarks of the game participant or from previous tag-based searches directed by the game participant.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer usable program code for determining the sequence of content by omitting content previously viewed in the game user interface by the game participant.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer usable program code for determining the sequence of content by determining which content has fewer associated tags than a threshold number of tags.

20. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for receiving relevance values for the tags through the game user interface provided by the game participant for each of the tags, comprises computer usable program code for receiving relevance values for the tags through the game user interface provided by the game participant for each of the tags within a time limit imposed by the game user interface.

21. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for providing a list of tags previously associated with the content in the game user interface for a game participant and receiving relevance values for the tags through the game user interface provided by the game participant for each of the tags, comprises:

computer usable program code for displaying the list of tags each as a dart; and

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computer usable program code for dragging and dropping each dart onto a portion of a bulls-eye to indicate a relevance value for a corresponding tag.