System and method for providing noted items

• US 8,463,796 B1
• Filed: 05/25/2012
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Freund, Martin, Filev, Momchil
• Primary Examiner(s): Ortiz Ditren, Belix M
• Application Number:
  US13/481,754
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• Field of Search: 707/706, 707/748, 707/621, 709/246, 713/375
• US Class Current: 707/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A system and associated methods for providing electronically noted items are disclosed. The noting application includes a communication module, a determination module, a ranking module and a presentation module. The communication module receives a request for electronically noted items from a first user and user identification data identifying the first user. The determination module determines one or more second users related to the first user based at least in part on the user identification data. The determination module retrieves a first set of two or more electronically noted items marked by the one or more second users. The ranking module ranks the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate a second set of two or more electronically noted items. The presentation module provides for display the second set of two or more electronically noted items to the first user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing electronically noted items, the method comprising:

receiving, using one or more computing devices, a request for electronically noted items from a first user;

receiving, using the one or more computing devices, user identification data identifying the first user;

aggregating, using the one or more computing devices, one or more noting indications associated with the first user based on a noting type to generate a noting profile associated with the first user, the noting indication describing whether the first user approves one or more items, the noting profile describing the one or more noting indications associated with the first user and the noting type including an approval status associated with the one or more items;

determining, using the one or more computing devices, one or more second users related to the first user based on the user identification data identifying the first user and the noting profile associated with the first user;

retrieving, using the one or more computing devices, a first set of two or more electronically noted items marked by the one or more second users;

ranking, using the one or more computing devices, the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate a second set of two or more electronically noted items; and

providing for display, using the one or more computing devices, the second set of two or more electronically noted items to the first user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the one or more second users related to the first user comprises:

retrieving the noting profile associated with the first user;

determining, based on the noting profile, a first noting pattern associated with the first user; and

determining the one or more second users as one or more other users having one or more second noting patterns related to the first noting pattern.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, using the one or more computing devices, one or more customization inputs from the first user; and

customizing, using the one or more computing devices, the first set of two or more electronically noted items based on the one or more customization inputs.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more customization inputs include one or more of a type of content, a social category, a period of time, a number of electronically noted items included in a list of electronically noted items and demographics information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein ranking the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate the second set of two or more electronically noted items comprises:

determining two or more counts of noting indications associated with the first set of two or more electronically noted items; and

ordering, based on the two or more counts of noting indications, the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate the second set of two or more electronically noted items.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing for display the second set of two or more electronically noted items comprises:

determining one or more top-ranking electronically noted items from the second set of two or more electronically noted items;

generating a list of electronically noted items that includes the one or more top-ranking electronically noted items; and

presenting the list of electronically noted items to the first user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing for display the second set of two or more electronically noted items comprises:

determining one or more top-ranking electronically noted items from the second set of two or more electronically noted items; and

presenting each of the one or more top-ranking electronically noted items to the first user in a full-screen browsing approach.

8. A system for providing electronically noted items, the system comprising:

one or more processors, the one or more processors being configured to;

receive a request for electronically noted items from a first user;

receive user identification data identifying the first user;

aggregate one or more noting indications associated with the first user based on a noting type to generate a noting profile associated with the first user, the noting indication describing whether the first user approves one or more items, the noting profile describing the one or more noting indications associated with the first user and the noting type including an approval status associated with the one or more items;

determine one or more second users related to the first user based on the user identification data identifying the first user and the noting profile associated with the first user;

retrieve a first set of two or more electronically noted items marked by the one or more second users;

rank the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate a second set of two or more electronically noted items; and

provide for display the second set of two or more electronically noted items to the first user.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors determine the one or more second users related to the first user by:

retrieving the noting profile associated with the first user;

determining, based on the noting profile, a first noting pattern associated with the first user; and

determining the one or more second users as one or more other users having one or more second noting patterns related to the first noting pattern.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive one or more customization inputs from the first user; and

customize the first set of two or more electronically noted items based on the one or more customization inputs.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more customization inputs include one or more of a type of content, a social category, a period of time, a number of electronically noted items included in a list of electronically noted items and demographics information.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors rank the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate the second set of two or more electronically noted items by:

determining two or more counts of noting indications associated with the first set of two or more electronically noted items; and

ordering, based on the two or more counts of noting indications, the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate the second set of two or more electronically noted items.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors provide for display the second set of two or more electronically noted items by:

determining one or more top-ranking electronically noted items from the second set of two or more electronically noted items;

generating a list of electronically noted items that includes the one or more top-ranking electronically noted items; and

presenting the list of electronically noted items to the first user.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors provide for display the second set of two or more electronically noted items by:

determining one or more top-ranking electronically noted items from the second set of two or more electronically noted items; and

presenting each of the one or more top-ranking electronically noted items to the first user in a full-screen browsing approach.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform steps comprising:

receiving a request for electronically noted items from a first user;

receiving user identification data identifying the first user;

aggregating one or more noting indications associated with the first user based on a noting type to generate a noting profile associated with the first user, the noting indication describing whether the first user approves one or more items, the noting profile describing the one or more noting indications associated with the first user and the noting type including an approval status associated with the one or more items;

determining one or more second users related to the first user based on the user identification data identifying the first user and the noting profile associated with the first user;

retrieving a first set of two or more electronically noted items marked by the one or more second users;

ranking the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate a second set of two or more electronically noted items; and

providing for display the second set of two or more electronically noted items to the first user.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein determining the one or more second users related to the first user comprises:

retrieving the noting profile associated with the first user;

determining, based on the noting profile, a first noting pattern associated with the first user; and

determining the one or more second users as one or more other users having one or more second noting patterns related to the first noting pattern.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer readable program when executed on the computer causes the computer to perform steps further comprising:

receiving one or more customization inputs from the first user; and

customizing the first set of two or more electronically noted items based on the one or more customization inputs.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the one or more customization inputs include one or more of a type of content, a social category, a period of time, a number of electronically noted items included in a list of electronically noted items and demographics information.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein ranking the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate the second set of two or more electronically noted items comprises:

determining two or more counts of noting indications associated with the first set of two or more electronically noted items; and

ordering, based at least in part on the two or more counts of noting indications, the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate the second set of two or more electronically noted items.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein providing for display the second set of two or more electronically noted items comprises:

determining one or more top-ranking electronically noted items from the second set of two or more electronically noted items;

generating a list of electronically noted items that includes the one or more top-ranking electronically noted items; and

presenting the list of electronically noted items to the first user.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein providing for display the second set of two or more electronically noted items comprises:

determining one or more top-ranking electronically noted items from the second set of two or more electronically noted items; and

presenting each of the one or more top-ranking electronically noted items to the first user in a full-screen browsing approach.