System and method for monitoring social network conversations

• US 9,171,337 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2012
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: aPebble, LLC
• Original Assignee: aPebble, LLC
• Inventors: Fisher, Charles W., Willisson, Pace G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel, Ronak
• Application Number:
  US13/370,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20130212172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computer system for providing, using a processor of a computer, at least a portion of text that includes a link for use by a website. A plurality of posts associated with an online social network is monitored using the processor of the computer to determine whether the link is present in at least one post of the plurality of posts. A first user of the online social network that has the link included in the at least one post is identified using the processor of the computer, where the at least one post of the first user identifies a second user of the online social network. Information associated with the first user is recorded in a data store using the processor of the computer in response to identifying that the first user has the link posted in the at least one post.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

providing, using a processor of a computer, at least a portion of text that includes a link for use by a website;

monitoring, using the processor of the computer, a plurality of posts associated with a second website to determine whether the link is present in at least one post of the plurality of posts;

identifying, using the processor of the computer, a first user of the second website that has the link included in the at least one post in response to identifying that the first user has the link posted in the at least one post;

determining, using the processor of the computer, that a second user of the second website is identified in the at least one post of the first user, wherein the second user is identified by name in the at least one post;

monitoring, using the processor of the computer, an associated second website profile of the second user identified in the at least one post of the first user in response to determining that the second user is identified in the at least one post of the first user; and

recording, using the processor of the computer, information associated with the first user in a data store in response to identifying that the first user has the link posted in the at least one post, wherein the information includes, at least in part, identification of the first user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying the first user includes monitoring an associated second website profile of the first user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising identifying, at the computer, a posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 wherein identifying the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user includes receiving, at the computer, the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 further comprising:

organizing, using the processor of the computer, the at least one post of the first user and the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user; and

providing, using the processor of the computer, the organized at least one post of the first user and the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user for display by the website.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the link is a shortened Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

7. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

providing, using the processor, at least a portion of text that includes a link for use by a website;

monitoring, using the processor, a plurality of posts associated with a second website to determine whether the link is present in at least one post of the plurality of posts;

identifying, using the processor, a first user of the second website that has the link included in the at least one post in response to identifying that the first user has the link posted in the at least one post;

determining, using the processor, that a second user of the second website is identified in the at least one post of the first user, wherein the second user is identified by name in the at least one post;

monitoring, using the processor, an associated second website profile of the second user identified in the at least one post of the first user in response to determining that the second user is identified by the at least one post of the first user; and

recording, using the processor, information associated with the first user in a data store in response to identifying that the first user has the link posted in the at least one post, wherein the information includes, at least in part, identification of the first user.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein identifying the first user includes monitoring an associated second website profile of the first user.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 further comprising identifying a posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein identifying the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user includes receiving the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising:

organizing, using the processor, the at least one post of the first user and the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user; and

providing, using the processor, the organized at least one post of the first user and the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user for display by the website.

12. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the link is a shortened Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

13. A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:

providing, using the processor, at least a portion of text that includes a link for use by a website;

monitoring, using the processor, a plurality of posts associated with a second website to determine whether the link is present in at least one post of the plurality of posts;

identifying, using the processor, a first user of the second website that has the link included in the at least one post in response to identifying that the first user has the link posted in the at least one post;

determining, using the processor, that a second user of the second website is identified in the at least one post of the first user, wherein the second user is identified by name in the at least one post;

monitoring, using the processor, an associated second website profile of the second user identified by the at least one post of the first user in response to determining that the second user is identified in the at least one post of the first user; and

recording, using the processor, information associated with the first user in a data store in response to identifying that the first user has the link posted in the at least one post, wherein the information includes, at least in part, identification of the first user.

14. The computing system of claim 13 wherein identifying the first user includes monitoring an associated second website profile of the first user.

15. The computing system of claim 13 further comprising identifying a posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user.

16. The computing system of claim 15 wherein identifying the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user includes receiving the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user.

17. The computing system of claim 15 further comprising:

organizing, using the processor, the at least one post of the first user and the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user; and

providing, using the processor, the organized at least one post of the first user and the posting of the second user responding to the at least one post of the first user for display by the website.

18. The computing system of claim 13 wherein the link is a shortened Uniform Resource Locator (URL).