Operator, device and platform independent aggregation, cross-platform translation, enablement and distribution of user activity catalogs

• US 9,235,644 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2009
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: D'Amore, Tianyu L., Minear, Brian, Kasargod, Kabir, Da Silva, Gabriel Moura
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHONG H
• Application Number:
  US12/484,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20100063969A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,404 Days
• Field of Search: 707/740, 707/999.002, 707/732, 707/E17.109
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Implementations relate to generating an operator, device, and platform-independent aggregation, cross-platform translation, enablement, and distribution of user activity catalogs. Users of a cellular telephone, a personal computer, or other devices or services can register to a database that collects transaction and other activity for the user. The user can designate one or more groups of users with whom to share collective activity data. The activity feeds can include recommendations, transactions, and other information generated when group members conduct retail or other activity. In one example, the activity feeds transmitted can be automatically translated and configured based on service operator and/or recipient device type. In another example, a user visiting a Website can be presented with a context-sensitive drop-down list of transactions conducted at that site by members of user'"'"'s designated group(s) in the past. The platform permits users to mutually and transparently suggest products, services, or content to each other.

Claims

1. A method of generating content feeds from a shared database of user activity, comprising:

capturing a user-specific catalog of user activity information for each user in a set of users, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

aggregating user-specific catalogs of user activity information for the set of users in a database;

selectively extracting, from the aggregated user-specific catalogs based on a designation of a product or service description from a first user and a context of a user device of the first user, user activity information that matches the product or service description from the commercial information of one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, wherein the selectively extracting comprises providing a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user;

translating the selectively extracted user activity information into a plurality of product or service recommendations for delivery to the first user;

filtering the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

distributing a content feed representing at least a portion of the user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user to other users in the set of users based on preferences of the first user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the translating is based on at least one of service operator data for the first user, the user device and client platform data for the first user, or device configuration data for the first user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user is at least one of a mobile device user, a network-enabled media playback device user, or a personal computer user operating the personal computer to navigate the Internet.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user activity information captured within the user-specific catalogs comprises at least one of transaction activity, user service experience information, user content consumption information, user location information, user recommendation information, or other user activity information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user activity information captured within the user-specific catalogs is captured automatically in at least substantially real-time via at least one of a personal computing device operated to navigate the Internet, a network-enabled media playback and transmission device, or a mobile cellular device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein aggregating the user-specific catalogs of user activity information comprises sorting the user-specific catalogs for the set of users based on at least one of location information, frequency of activity information, transaction information, time and date information, social network designation information, recommendation rating information, or other user attributes defined in a shared catalog environment.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the commercial information for at least one user in the set of users characterizes services and/or products that have been purchased, licensed or rented by the at least one user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the commercial information for at least one user in the set of users characterizes services and/or products that are of interest to the at least one user.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the first user purchases at least one product or service based on the plurality product or service recommendations; and

issuing, in response to the determination, a reward to a given user associated with a given user-specific catalog from which the selectively extracted user activity information was extracted.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the designation by the first user corresponds to a user-initiated keyword search within the aggregated user-specific catalogs for information associated with at least one product or service, wherein the product or service description corresponds to one or more keywords that are part of the user-initiated keyword search.

11. A system for generating content feeds from a shared database of user activity, comprising:

a communications interface to a set of users; and

a processor, communicating with the set of users via the communications interface, the processor being configured to;

capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for each user of users, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

aggregate user-specific catalogs of user activity information for the set of users in a database;

selectively extract, from the aggregated user-specific catalogs based on a designation of a product or service description from a first user and a context of a user device of the first user, user activity information that matches the product or service description from the commercial information of one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, wherein the processor being configured to selectively extract comprises the processor being configured to provide a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user;

translate the selectively extracted user activity information into a plurality of product or service recommendations for delivery to the first user;

filter the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

distribute a content feed representing at least a portion of the user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user to other users in the set of users based on preferences of the first user.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation is based on at least one of service operator data for the first user, the user device and client platform data for the first user, or device configuration data for the first user.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the first user is at least one of a mobile device user, a network-enabled media playback device user, or a personal computer user operating the personal computer to navigate the Internet.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the user activity information captured within the user-specific catalogs comprises at least one of transaction activity, user service experience information, user content consumption information, user location information, or user recommendation information.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the user activity information captured within the user-specific catalogs is captured automatically in at least substantially real-time via at least one of a personal computing device operated to navigate the Internet, a network-enabled media playback device, or a mobile cellular device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor being configured to aggregate the user-specific catalogs of user activity information comprises the processor being configured to sort the user-specific catalogs for the set of users based on at least one of location information, frequency of activity information, transaction information, time and date information, social network designation information, or recommendation rating information.

17. A system for generating content feeds from a shared database of user activity, comprising:

means for interfacing to a set of users; and

means for processing data, communicating with the set of users via the means for interfacing, the means for processing data being configured to;

capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for each user in the set of users, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

aggregate user-specific catalogs of user activity information for the set of users in a database;

selectively extract, from the aggregated user-specific catalogs based on a designation of a product or service description from a first user and a context of a user device of the first user, user activity information that matches the product or service description from the commercial information of one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, wherein the means for processing data being configured to selectively extract comprises the means for processing data being configured to provide a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user;

translate the selectively extracted user activity information into a plurality of product or service recommendations for delivery to the first user;

filter the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

distribute a content feed representing at least a portion of the user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user to other users in the set of users based on preferences of the first user.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the translation is based on at least one of service operator data for the first user, the user device and client platform data for the first user, or device configuration data for the first user.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the first user is at least one of a mobile device user, a network-enabled media playback device user, or a personal computer user operating the personal computer to navigate the Internet.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the user activity information captured within the user-specific catalogs comprises at least one of transaction activity, user service experience information, user content consumption information, user location information, or user recommendation information.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the user activity information captured within the user-specific catalogs is captured automatically in at least substantially real-time via at least one of a personal computing device operated to navigate the Internet, a network-enabled media playback device, or a mobile cellular device.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the means for processing data being configured to aggregate the user-specific catalogs of user activity information comprises the means for processing data being configured to sort the user-specific catalogs for the set of users based on at least one of location information, frequency of activity information, transaction information, time and date information, social network designation information, or recommendation rating information.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

at least one instruction for causing a computer to capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for each user in a set of users, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to aggregate user-specific catalogs of user activity information for the set of users in a database;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to selectively extract, from the aggregated user-specific catalogs based on a designation of a product or service description from a first user and a context of a user device of the first user, user activity information that matches the product or service description from the commercial information of one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, wherein the at least one instruction for causing the computer to selectively extract comprises at least one instruction for causing the computer to provide a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to translate the selectively extracted user activity information into a plurality of product or service recommendations for delivery to the first user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to filter the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

at least one instruction for causing the computer to distribute a content feed representing at least a portion of the user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user to other users in the set of users based on preferences of the first user.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the at least one instruction for causing the computer to translate comprises at least one instruction for causing the computer to translate the selectively extracted user activity information for delivery to the first user based on at least one of service operator data for the first user, the user device and client platform data for the first user, or device configuration data for the first user.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the first user is at least one of a mobile device user, a network-enabled media playback device user, or a personal computer user operating the personal computer to navigate the Internet.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the user activity information captured within the user-specific catalogs comprises at least one of transaction activity, user service experience information, user content consumption information, user location information, or user recommendation information.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the user activity information captured within the user-specific catalogs is captured automatically in at least substantially real-time via at least one of a personal computing device operated to navigate the Internet, a network-enabled media playback device, or a mobile cellular device.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the at least one instruction for causing the computer to aggregate the user-specific catalogs of user activity information comprises at least one instruction for causing the computer to sort the user-specific catalogs for the set of users based on at least one of location information, frequency of activity information, transaction information, time and date information, social network designation information, or recommendation rating information.

29. A method of receiving content feeds from a shared database of user activity in a device, comprising:

capturing a user-specific catalog of user activity information for a first user of the device;

communicating the user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user of the device to a database for aggregation with a set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information for a set of users in the database, wherein each user-specific catalog in the set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

initiating, based on a designation of a product or service description from the first user and a context of the device, selective access by the first user to a product or service recommendation that is based upon user activity information that matches the product or service description from the commercial information within a set of user-specific catalogs of one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users and that is filtered based on a location of the first user;

accessing a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs by navigating to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information for another user of the set of users; and

receiving a content feed representing at least a portion of a user-specific catalog of user activity information of another user of the set of users based on preferences of the other user.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the product or service recommendation is based on at least one of service operator data for the first user, device and client platform data for the first user, or device configuration data for the first user.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein the first user is at least one of a mobile device user, a network-enabled media playback device user, or a personal computer user operating the personal computer to navigate the Internet.

32. The method of claim 29, wherein the user activity information within the set of user-specific catalogs comprises at least one of transaction activity, user service experience information, user content consumption information, user location information, or user recommendation information.

33. The method of claim 29, wherein capturing the user activity information comprises capturing the user activity information automatically in at least substantially real-time via at least one of a personal computing device operated to navigate the Internet, a network-enabled media playback device, or a mobile cellular device.

34. The method of claim 29, wherein the selective access comprises at least one of performing a keyword search match across a set of content providers, platform providers, search providers, database repositories or other data warehouses, or adjusting a content stream associated with the commercial information based on device configuration parameters and user attributes.

35. A device, comprising:

a communications interface to a database; and

a processor, communicating with the database via the communications interface, the processor being configured to;

capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for a first user of the device;

communicate the user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user of the device to the database for aggregation with a set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information for a set of users in the database, wherein each user-specific catalog in the set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

initiate, based on a designation of a product or service description from the first user and a context of the device, selective access by the first user to a product or service recommendation that is based upon user activity information that matches the product or service description from the commercial information within a set of user-specific catalogs of one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users and that is filtered based on a location of the first user;

access a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs by navigating to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information for another user of the set of users; and

receive a content feed representing at least a portion of a user-specific catalog of user activity information of another user of the set of users based on preferences of the other user.

36. The device of claim 35, wherein the product or service recommendation is based on at least one of service operator data for the first user, device and client platform data for the first user, or device configuration data for the first user.

37. The device of claim 35, wherein the first user is at least one of a mobile device user, a network-enabled media playback device user, or a personal computer user operating the personal computer to navigate the Internet.

38. The device of claim 35, wherein the user activity information within the set of user-specific catalogs comprises at least one of transaction activity, user service experience information, user content consumption information, user location information, or user recommendation information.

39. The device of claim 35, wherein the processor being configured to capture the user activity information comprises the processor being configured to capture the user activity information automatically in at least substantially real-time via at least one of a personal computing device operated to navigate the Internet, a network-enabled media playback device, or a mobile cellular device.

40. The device of claim 35, wherein the processor being configured to selectively access comprises the processor being configured to perform a keyword search match across a set of content service providers, or to adjust a content stream associated with the commercial information based on device configuration parameters.

41. A device, comprising:

means for interfacing to a database; and

means for processing data, communicating with the database via the means for interfacing, the means for processing data being configured to;

capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for a first user of the device;

communicate the user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user of the device to the database for aggregation with a set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information for a set of users in the database, wherein each user-specific catalog in the set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

initiate, based on a designation of a product or service description from the first user and a context of the device, selective access by the first user to a product or service recommendation that is based upon user activity information that matches the product or service description from the commercial information within a set of user-specific catalogs of one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users and that is filtered based on a location of the first user;

access a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs by navigating to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information for another user of the set of users; and

receive a content feed representing at least a portion of a user-specific catalog of user activity information of another user of the set of users based on preferences of the other user.

42. The device of claim 41, wherein the product or service recommendation is based on at least one of service operator data for the first user, device and client platform data for the first user, or device configuration data for the first user.

43. The device of claim 41, wherein the first user is at least one of a mobile device user, a network-enabled media playback device user, or a personal computer user operating the personal computer to navigate the Internet.

44. The device of claim 41, wherein the user activity information within the set of user-specific catalogs comprises at least one of transaction activity, user service experience information, user content consumption information, user location information, or user recommendation information.

45. The device of claim 41, wherein the means for processing data being configured to capture the user activity information comprises the means for processing data being configured to capture the user activity information automatically in at least substantially real-time via at least one of a personal computing device operated to navigate the Internet, a network-enabled media playback device, or a mobile cellular device.

46. The device of claim 41, wherein the means for processing data being configured to selectively access comprises the means for processing data being configured to perform a keyword search match across a set of content service providers, or to adjust a content stream associated with the commercial information based on device configuration parameters.

47. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

at least one instruction for causing a computer to capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for a first user of a device;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to communicate the user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user of the device to a database for aggregation with a set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information for a set of users in the database, wherein each user-specific catalog in the set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to initiate, based on a designation of a product or service description from the first user and a context of the device, selective access by the first user to a product or service recommendation that is based upon user activity information that matches the product or service description from the commercial information within a set of user-specific catalogs of one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users and that is filtered based on a location of the first user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to access a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs by navigating to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information for another user of the set of users; and

at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive a content feed representing at least a portion of a user-specific catalog of user activity information of another user of the set of users based on preferences of the other user.

48. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein the product or service recommendation is based on at least one of service operator data for the first user, device and client platform data for the first user, or device configuration data for the first user.

49. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein the first user is at least one of a mobile device user, a network-enabled media playback device user, or a personal computer user operating the personal computer to navigate the Internet.

50. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein the user activity information within the set of user-specific catalogs comprises at least one of transaction activity, user service experience information, user content consumption information, user location information, or user recommendation information.

51. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein the at least one instruction for causing the computer to automatically capture the user activity information captures the user activity information in at least substantially real-time via at least one of a personal computing device operated to navigate the Internet, a network-enabled media playback device, or a mobile cellular device.

52. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein the at least one instruction for causing the computer to selectively access comprises at least one instruction for causing the computer to perform a keyword search match across a set of content service providers, or to adjust a content stream associated with the commercial information based on device configuration parameters.

53. A method of generating context-sensitive content feeds from a shared database of user activity, comprising:

capturing a user-specific catalog of user activity information for each user in a set of users, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

aggregating user-specific catalogs of user activity information for the set of users in a database;

receiving context-dependent information associated with network usage or a location of a first user or other user attribute;

selectively extracting, from the aggregated user-specific catalogs based on the context-dependent information, user activity information that matches a product or service description designated by the first user from the commercial information for one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, wherein the selectively extracting comprises providing a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user;

translating the selectively extracted user activity information into a plurality of product or service recommendations for delivery to the first user;

filtering the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

distributing a content feed representing at least a portion of the user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user to other users in the set of users based on preferences of the first user.

54. The method of claim 53, wherein the user activity information captured within the user-specific catalogs comprises at least one of transaction activity, user service experience information, user content consumption information, user location information, or user recommendation information.

55. A system for generating context-sensitive content feeds from a shared database of user activity, comprising:

a communications interface to a set of users; and

a processor, communicating with the set of users via the communications interface, the processor being configured to;

capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for each user in the set of users, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

aggregate user-specific catalogs of user activity information for the set of users in a database;

receive context-dependent information associated with network usage or a location of a first user;

selectively extract, from the aggregated user-specific catalogs based on the context-dependent information, user activity information that matches a product or service description designated by the first user from the commercial information for one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, wherein the processor being configured to selectively extract comprises the processor being configured to provide a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user;

translate the selectively extracted user activity information into a plurality of product or service recommendations for delivery to the first user;

filter the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

distribute a content feed representing at least a portion of the user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user to other users in the set of users based on preferences of the first user.

56. A system for generating context-sensitive content feeds from a shared database of user activity, comprising:

means for interfacing to a set of users; and

means for processing data, communicating with the set of users via the means for interfacing, the means for processing data being configured to;

capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for each user in the set of users, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

aggregate user-specific catalogs of user activity information for the set of users in a database;

receive context-dependent information associated with network usage or a location of a first user;

selectively extract, from the aggregated user-specific catalogs based on the context-dependent information, user activity information that matches a product or service description designated by the first user from the commercial information for one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, wherein the means for processing data being configured to selectively extract comprises the means for processing data being configured to provide a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user;

translate the selectively extracted user activity information into a plurality of product or service recommendations for delivery to the first user;

filter the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

distribute a content feed representing at least a portion of the user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user to other users in the set of users based on preferences of the first user.

57. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

at least one instruction for causing a computer to capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for each user in a set of users, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to aggregate user-specific catalogs of user activity information for the set of users in a database;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive context-dependent information associated with network usage or a location of a first user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to selectively extract, from the aggregated user-specific catalogs based on the context-dependent information, user activity information that matches a product or service description designated by the first user from the commercial information for one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, wherein the at least one instruction for causing the computer to selectively extract comprises at least one instruction for causing the computer to provide a context-dependent selectable menu of the user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to translate the selectively extracted user activity information into a plurality of product or service recommendations for delivery to the first user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to filter the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

at least one instruction for causing the computer to distribute a content feed representing at least a portion of the user-specific catalog of user activity information of the first user to other users in the set of users based on preferences of the first user.

58. A method of receiving context-sensitive content feeds from a shared database of user activity in a device, comprising:

capturing a user-specific catalog of user activity information for a first user of the device;

communicating the user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user of the device to a database for aggregation with a set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information for a set of users in the database, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

receiving context-dependent information associated with network usage or a location of the first user;

selectively extracting, from the set of user-specific catalogs based on the context-dependent information, user activity information that matches a product or service description designated by the first user from the commercial information for one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, and using the selectively extracted user activity information to generate a plurality of product or service recommendations directed to the first user, wherein the selectively extracting comprises providing a context-dependent selectable menu of user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user;

filtering the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

receiving a content feed representing at least a portion of a user-specific catalog of user activity information of another user of the set of users based on preferences of the other user.

59. The method of claim 58, wherein the context-dependent information comprises at least one of network navigation information, or user location information for the first user.

60. A device, comprising:

a communications interface to a database; and

a processor, communicating with the database via the communications interface, the processor being configured to;

capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for a first user of the device;

communicate the user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user of the device to the database for aggregation with a set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information for a set of users in the database, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

receive context-dependent information associated with network usage or location of the first user;

selectively extract, from the set of user-specific catalogs based on the context-dependent information, user activity information that matches a product or service description designated by the first user from the commercial information for one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, and using the selectively extracted user activity information to generate a plurality of product or service recommendations directed to the first user, wherein the processor being configured to selectively extract comprises the processor being configured to provide a context-dependent selectable menu of user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user;

filter the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

receive a content feed representing at least a portion of a user-specific catalog of user activity information of another user of the set of users based on preferences of the other user.

61. The device of claim 60, wherein the context-dependent information comprises at least one of network navigation information, or user location information for the first user.

62. A device, comprising:

means for interfacing to a database; and

means for processing data, communicating with the database via the means for interfacing, the means for processing data being configured to;

capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for a first user of the device;

communicate the user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user of the device to the database for aggregation with a set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information for a set of users in the database, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

receive context-dependent information associated with network usage or location of the first user;

selectively extract, from the set of user-specific catalogs based on the context-dependent information, user activity information that matches a product or service description designated by the first user from the commercial information for one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, and using the selectively extracted user activity information to generate a plurality of product or service recommendations directed to the first user, wherein the means for processing data being configured to selectively extract comprises the means for processing data being configured to provide a context-dependent selectable menu of user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user;

filter the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

receive a content feed representing at least a portion of a user-specific catalog of user activity information of another user of the set of users based on preferences of the other user.

63. The device of claim 62, wherein the context-dependent information comprises at least one of network navigation information, or user location information for the first user.

64. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

at least one instruction for causing a computer to capture a user-specific catalog of user activity information for a first user of a device;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to communicate the user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user of the device to a database for aggregation with a set of user-specific catalogs of user activity information for a set of users in the database, wherein each user-specific catalog of user activity information includes commercial information that characterizes services and/or products that have been transacted by a user associated with the user-specific catalog or services and/or products that are of interest to the user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive context-dependent information associated with network usage or location of the first user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to selectively extract, from the set of user-specific catalogs based on the context-dependent information, user activity information that matches a product or service description designated by the first user from the commercial information for one or more user-specific catalogs of one or more other users that belong to at least one group of users in the set of users, and using the selectively extracted user activity information to generate a plurality of product or service recommendations directed to the first user, wherein the at least one instruction for causing the computer to selectively extract comprises at least one instruction for causing the computer to provide a context-dependent selectable menu of user-specific catalogs within the aggregated user-specific catalogs activated by navigation to a site associated with a user-specific catalog of user activity information for the first user;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to filter the plurality of product or service recommendations based on a location of the first user; and

at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive a content feed representing at least a portion of a user-specific catalog of user activity information of another user of the set of users based on preferences of the other user.

65. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 64, wherein the context-dependent information comprises at least one of network navigation information, or user location information for the first user.