Global relationship model and a relationship search method for internet social networks

• US 9,477,994 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Lin, Phone, Chung, Pai-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): Taylor, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHIU, HO T
• Application Number:
  US14/315,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20150006635A1
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1044 Group management mechanisms management of multicast group membership H04L12/185; reconfiguring of node membership in a computing system to eliminate errors G06F11/1425
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1059 Inter-group management mechanisms, e.g. splitting, merging or interconnection of groups
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

The present application provides a peer-to-peer networking method and system for integrating heterogeneous social networks. The method applied in a server device includes the following steps: First, the server device connects with a plurality of peer nodes; each of the peer node defines a user end and accessing at least one social network. Then, the server device according to a social relationship of the social networks links to the corresponding peer nodes for integrating a peer-to-peer social network (P2P-iSN) which configures a plurality of social paths among the peer nodes from the different social networks.

Claims

1. A peer-to-peer networking method for integrating heterogeneous social networks, applied in a server device, comprising:

connecting with a plurality peer nodes, each of the peer node defining a user end and accessing at least one social network; and

the server device analyzing a directional social relationship between any two of the peer nodes according to a social relationship of the social networks, a social activity and a weight of the social activity in a time period, so as to provide a social frequency having directivity and weight, the server device further relating the corresponding peer nodes which has interactive-direction relationship and the social frequency meets a threshold value for integrating a peer-to-peer social network (P2P-iSN) which decides an effective social relationships among the peer nodes from the different social networks;

wherein the server device analyzes a social strength of the social relationship between the user peer nodes so as to determines the effective social relationship, or analyzes the social strength of elated peer nodes in a set of the social relationships between the two user peer nodes with indirect relationship to determine the effective social relationship;

then the server device provides interaction between the two user peer nodes;

wherein the social frequency is expressed as following equation;

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a interaction activity of the interactive-direction relationship is expressed as following equation:

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the social strength is expressed as following equation:

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further analyzing the social strength of the new added social relationships, and determining to identify the new added social relationships.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

accessing an online status of the online peer node; and

providing a corresponding friendship online status to the online peer node, and making the online peer node to communicate with other peer nodes according to the friendship online status.

6. A peer-to-peer networking system for integrating heterogeneous social networks, comprising:

a communication module, connected with a plurality peer nodes, each of the peer node defining a user end and accessing at least one social network; and

a processing module, connected with the communication module, the processing module analyzing a directional social relationship between any two of the peer nodes according to a social relationship of the social networks, a social activity and a weight of the social activity in a time period, so as to provide a social frequency having directivity and weight, the server device further relating to the corresponding peer nodes which have interactive-direction relationship and the social frequency meets a threshold value for integrating a peer-to-peer social network (P2P-iSN) which decides an effective social relationships among the peer nodes from the different social networks;

wherein the processing module analyzes a social strength of the social relationship between the user peer nodes so as to determines the effective social relationship, or analyzes the social strength of related peer nodes in a set of the social relationships between the two user peer nodes with indirect relationship to determine the effective social relationship;

then the processing module provides interaction between the two user peer nodes;

Wherein the social frequency is expressed as following equation;

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the indirect interaction further comprises friend recommendation.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the processing module further accesses an online status of the online peer node, provides a corresponding friendship online status to the online peer node, and makes the online peer node to communicate with other peer nodes according to the friendship online status.