Computational systems and methods for identifying a communications partner

• US 9,159,055 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2011
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Dyor, Matthew G., Malamud, Mark A., Huang, Xuedong, Nadella, Satya, Gates, William, Myhrvold, Nathan P., Hyde, Roderick A., Reed, Daniel, Jung, Edward K. Y., Shum, Harry, Kare, Jordin T., Tegreene, Clarence T., Levien, Royce A., Wood, JR., Lowell L., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Davis, Marc E., Lu, Qi
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUOC H
• Application Number:
  US13/374,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20130060869A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,386 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one social network message from at least one member of a network; disambiguating the at least one search term including associating the at least one search term with at least one of network-participation identifier data or device-identifier data; and presenting the sender profile in association with the at least one.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a device-identifier module configured to accept at least one social network message from a device associated with a sender that is a member of a network; and

a sender profile creation unit configured to associate the at least one social network message with a sender profile at least partly based on a device-identifier data associated with the device and a network-participation identifier data associated with the sender, the sender profile creation unit including at least a de-anonymization module configured to employ at least a de-anonymization algorithm to associate the at least one social network message with at least a real-world name.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the device-identifier module further comprises at least one of a mobile network identifier module or a brand identifier module.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the device-identifier module is configured to receive at least one social network message on at least one of a mobile telephone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a laptop computer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the device-identifier module is configured to receive at least one social network message on at least one of a desktop computer or a networked television.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the sender profile creation unit further comprises a device locator module that is configured to accept as input at least an IP address associated with the device associated with the sender of the at least one social network message and based at least in part on the IP address of the device associated with the sender to determine a geographical location of the device.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the sender profile creation unit further comprises a network-participation identifier module.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the de-anonymization module is further configured to associate the at least social network message with a real-world person at least in part by at least one of determining or obtaining identity information regarding the member of the network.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the de-anonymization module further comprises at least one of a real-name profiling module, a web history tracking module, a media content tracking module, or an app data tracking module.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the sender profile creation unit is configured to associate the at least one social network message with a set of sender attributes at least partly based on the device-identifier data associated with the device and the network-participation identifier data associated with the sender, wherein the set of sender attributes includes at least one of a social network membership list, one or more social network usernames, one or more social network profile pictures, one or more mutual friend lists, or one or more social networking website-posted items.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the sender profile creation unit is configured to associate the at least one social network message with a set of sender attributes at least partly based on the device-identifier data associated with the device and the network-participation identifier data associated with the sender, wherein the set of sender attributes includes at least a history of interactions with a recipient of the at least one social network message.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the sender profile creation unit is configured to associate the at least one social network message with a sender profile at least partly based on the device-identifier data associated with the device and the network-participation identifier data associated with the sender, wherein the device identifier data includes at least one device descriptor, and wherein the at least one device descriptor includes at least geographical information about the device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one device descriptor is configured to include at least geographical information about the device that was derived from at least one of an internet protocol address, cellular phone tower activity, or Wi-Fi data.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one device descriptor is configured to include at least geographical information about the device that was derived from at least one of routing data or header data associated with the at least one social network message.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the sender profile creation unit is configured to associate the at least one social network message with a sender profile at least partly based on the device-identifier data associated with the device and the network-participation identifier data associated with the sender, wherein the network-participation identifier data associated with the sender includes at least a name in a telecommunications carrier database.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the sender profile creation unit is configured to associate the at least one social network message with a real-world person at least partly based on the real-world person'"'"'s device-identifier data and the real-world person'"'"'s network-participation identifier data.

16. The system of claim 1 further comprising a personal software assistant user interface for the sender profile creation unit.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein the de-anonymization module configured to employ at least a de-anonymization algorithm to associate the at least one social network message with at least a real-world name comprises:

a de-anonymization module configured to employ at least a de-anonymization algorithm that accepts as input at least device identifier data regarding a device associated with the sender and to associate the at least one social network message with at least a real-world name.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the de-anonymization module configured to employ at least a de-anonymization algorithm that accepts as input at least device identifier data regarding a device associated with the sender and to associate the at least one social network message with at least a real-world name comprises:

de-anonymization module configured to employ at least a de-anonymization algorithm that accepts as input at least device identifier data that includes at least an internet protocol address associated with the device associated with the sender.

19. The system of claim 1 wherein the device-identifier module is at least a portion of one or more servers configured to receive the at least one social network message from at least one of a mobile telephone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a laptop computer.

20. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a device-identifier module operative on a computational platform wherein the device-identifier module is configured to accept at least one social network message from a device associated with a sender that is a member of a network; and

a sender profile creation unit operative on a computational platform wherein the sender profile creation unit is configured to associate the at least one social network message with a sender profile at least partly based on a device-identifier data associated with the device and a network-participation identifier data associated with the sender, the sender profile creation unit including at least a de-anonymization module configured to employ at least a de-anonymization algorithm to associate the at least one social network message with at least a real-world name.

21. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a device-identifier module configured to accept at a user interface at least one social network message from a device associated with a sender that is a member of a network; and

a sender profile creation unit configured to associate the at least one social network message with a sender profile at least partly based on a device-identifier data associated with the device and a network-participation identifier data associated with the sender, the sender profile creation unit including at least a de-anonymization module configured to employ at least a de-anonymization algorithm to associate the at least one social network message with at least a real-world name.