User characteristic prediction using images posted in online social networks
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- recording images uploaded by a user to a social networking site;
recording categories of social networking boards to which said images are uploaded by said user to identify user image board posting behavior;
analyzing features within said images using automated image feature identification to identify user image posted content of each of said images; and
determining user characteristics of said user based only on said user image board posting behavior and said user image posted content.
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Abstract
Methods and systems provide electronic instructions to a non-transitory electronic storage hardware device to record images uploaded by a user over a computerized network to a social networking site, and to record categories of network site locations to which the images are uploaded by the user. These methods and systems also provide electronic instructions to a computerized electronic image processor hardware device to analyze features within the images to identify content of each of the images, and to determine the user characteristics based on the categories of network site locations to which the images are uploaded by the user and on the content of the images uploaded by the user. Also, such methods and systems provide electronic instructions to the computerized electronic image processor hardware device to output the user characteristics on a graphic user interface hardware device.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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recording images uploaded by a user to a social networking site; recording categories of social networking boards to which said images are uploaded by said user to identify user image board posting behavior; analyzing features within said images using automated image feature identification to identify user image posted content of each of said images; and determining user characteristics of said user based only on said user image board posting behavior and said user image posted content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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providing electronic instructions to a non-transitory electronic storage hardware device to record images uploaded by a user over a computerized network to a social networking site; providing electronic instructions to said non-transitory electronic storage hardware device to record categories of social networking boards to which said images are uploaded by said user to identify user image board posting behavior; providing electronic instructions to a computerized electronic image processor hardware device to analyze features within said images using automated image feature identification to identify user image posted content of each of said images; providing electronic instructions to said computerized electronic image processor hardware device to determine user characteristics of said user based only on said user image board posting behavior and said user image posted content; and providing electronic instructions to said computerized electronic image processor hardware device to output said user characteristics of said user on a graphic user interface hardware device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image processor device comprising:
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specialized image processing circuits; and network connections operatively connected to said specialized image processing circuits, said specialized image processing circuits providing electronic instructions to a non-transitory electronic storage hardware device to record images uploaded by a user over a computerized network to a social networking site; said specialized image processing circuits providing electronic instructions to said non-transitory electronic storage hardware device to record categories of social networking boards to which said images are uploaded by said user to identify user image board posting behavior; said specialized image processing circuits analyzing features within said images using automated image feature identification to identify user image posted content of each of said images; said specialized image processing circuits determining user characteristics of said user based only on said user image board posting behavior and said user image posted content; and said specialized image processing circuits outputting said user characteristics of said user on a graphic user interface hardware device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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