Online social network management system and method for simulating users to build various faces of relation
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of managing a social network, the method comprising:
- receiving a request from a first user to establish a connection with a second user via a network;
calculating, in response to the request, costs of one or more paths based on a relationship index with the second user for searching for an optimal path, wherein the cost of each of the one or more paths is calculated by assigning a weight value to each of the one or more paths in an inverse proportion to the relationship index between the first user and the second user; and
selectively providing one or more paths according to the calculation for the optimal connection between the first user and the second user, wherein the optimal path comprises a path using an intermediate user of the social network, and the path is generated associated with an incentive granted to the intermediate user by subtracting the calculated costs from the first user, the second user, or both of the first user and the second user, wherein the selectively providing further comprises establishing at least one path according to the calculated costs of the one or more paths via one or more intermediate users.
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Abstract
A system and method of managing a social network are disclosed. The method includes the step of recording the IDs and corresponding personal information of users who have subscribed to a service via a network, in a user DB; the step of recording corresponding relationships between the users and relationship indices R, reflecting the degrees of trustworthiness of the users having the corresponding relationships, in a relationship information DB; and the path search step of evaluating one or more paths based on the relationship indices R of respective links constituting the paths and providing evaluation results to a first user so that the first user can select an optimal path from among the paths existing between the first user and a second user on the social network constructed with the users used as nodes and the corresponding relationships of the users used as the links.
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17 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of managing a social network, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a first user to establish a connection with a second user via a network; calculating, in response to the request, costs of one or more paths based on a relationship index with the second user for searching for an optimal path, wherein the cost of each of the one or more paths is calculated by assigning a weight value to each of the one or more paths in an inverse proportion to the relationship index between the first user and the second user; and selectively providing one or more paths according to the calculation for the optimal connection between the first user and the second user, wherein the optimal path comprises a path using an intermediate user of the social network, and the path is generated associated with an incentive granted to the intermediate user by subtracting the calculated costs from the first user, the second user, or both of the first user and the second user, wherein the selectively providing further comprises establishing at least one path according to the calculated costs of the one or more paths via one or more intermediate users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for managing a social network, the system comprising:
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a database to store a relationship index, an identification and a personal information of a subscriber to a service via a network, the relationship index being determined according to a level of trustworthiness between the subscribers; and a search server configured to calculate costs of one or more paths between the subscribers and selectively to provide an optimal connection, wherein the cost of each of the one or more paths is calculated by assigning a weight to each connection path of the one or more paths in an inverse proportion to the relationship index between the subscribers, wherein the optimal connection comprises at least one path using at least one intermediate subscriber, and the at least one path is generated associated with an incentive granted to the intermediate subscriber by subtracting the calculated cost from one or more of the subscribers, wherein the at least one path is generated according to the calculated costs of the one or more paths via the at least one intermediate subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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