PRIORITIZING VITALITY EVENTS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM

• US 20100199184A1
• Filed: 01/30/2009
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: White, William MacDonald, Horowitz, Steven
• Application Number:
  US12/363,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20100199184A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A social networking system is configured to enable users in the system to prioritize vitality events in their respective vitality streams. For instance, a user may designate that at least one specified prioritization action is to be performed for any vitality event having one or more characteristic(s) specified by the user. Accordingly, when a vitality event having the one or more specified characteristic(s) is associated with the user, the at least one specified prioritization action is performed with respect to that vitality event.

Claims

1. A method of prioritizing vitality events in a social networking computer system, the method comprising:

parsing a vitality event to determine one or more characteristics of the vitality event;

comparing a first at least one characteristic of the one or more characteristics to a second at least one characteristic corresponding to one or more user-specified prioritization actions for prioritizing vitality events in a vitality stream of the user; and

performing the one or more user-specified prioritization actions with respect to the vitality event via the social networking computer system in response to the first at least one characteristic matching the second at least one characteristic.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the first at least one characteristic and the second at least one characteristic includes comparing a source value indicated by a source tag of the vitality event and a source value corresponding to the user-specified prioritization action.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the first at least one characteristic and the second at least one characteristic includes comparing the first at least one characteristic indicative of a first syntax of the vitality event and the second at least one characteristic indicative of a second syntax corresponding to the user-specified prioritization action.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein parsing the vitality event includes parsing the vitality event to determine a value of at least one first item in the vitality event, wherein comparing the first at least one characteristic to the second at least one characteristic includes comparing the value of the at least one first item and a value of at least one second item corresponding to the one or more user-specified prioritization actions.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein parsing the vitality event includes parsing the vitality event to determine the value of the at least one first item including at least one of a subject user item, an action item, an object item, a non-subject user item, or an attribute item of the vitality event.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein parsing the vitality event includes comparing the vitality event to a template having a predefined syntax.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein parsing the vitality event is performed in accordance with a natural language technique.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the one or more user-specified prioritization actions includes not displaying the vitality event in the vitality stream of the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the one or more user-specified prioritization actions includes emphasizing the vitality event in the vitality stream of the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the one or more user-specified prioritization actions includes archiving the vitality event.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the one or more user-specified prioritization actions includes sending a message to the user indicating receipt of the vitality event.

12. A method of prioritizing vitality events in a social networking computer system, the method comprising:

parsing a first vitality event in a vitality stream of a user to determine at least one characteristic of the vitality event;

providing a graphical interface element on a social networking web page that enables the user to select one or more characteristics of the first vitality event and to select at least one prioritization action with respect to vitality events having the one or more characteristics, wherein providing the graphical interface element is performed in response to receiving a command regarding the first vitality event from the user via the social networking computer system; and

storing an indication that the selected one or more characteristics correspond to the selected at least one prioritization action.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein providing the graphical interface element includes providing the graphical interface element that enables the user to select the one or more characteristics including one or more of a source value, a subject user item value, an action item value, an object item value, a non-subject user item value, or an attribute item value of the first vitality event.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein providing the graphical interface element includes providing the graphical interface element that enables the user to de-select at least one of a pre-selected characteristic of the first vitality event or a pre-selected prioritization action.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

providing information via the social networking computer system indicating that the selected one or more characteristics correspond to the selected at least one prioritization action in response to an inquiry regarding prioritization of a second vitality event having the selected one or more characteristics.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor-based system to prioritize vitality events in a social networking computer system, comprising:

a first program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to parse a vitality event to determine one or more characteristics of the vitality event;

a second program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to compare a first at least one characteristic of the one or more characteristics and a second at least one characteristic corresponding to one or more user-specified prioritization actions for prioritizing vitality events in a vitality stream of the user; and

a third program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to perform the one or more user-specified prioritization actions with respect to the vitality event in response to the first at least one characteristic matching the second at least one characteristic.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the third program logic module includes instructions for enabling the processor-based system to not display the vitality event in the vitality stream of the user.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the third program logic module includes instructions for enabling the processor-based system to emphasize the vitality event in the vitality stream of the user.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the third program logic module includes instructions for enabling the processor-based system to archive the vitality event.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the third program logic module includes instructions for enabling the processor-based system to send a message to the user indicating receipt of the vitality event.

21. A social networking priority performance system comprising:

a parsing module configured to parse a vitality event to determine one or more characteristics of the vitality event;

a comparison module configured to compare a first at least one characteristic of the one or more characteristics and a second at least one characteristic corresponding to one or more user-specified prioritization actions for prioritizing vitality events in a vitality stream of the user; and

a prioritization action module configured to perform the one or more user-specified prioritization actions with respect to the vitality event based on the first at least one characteristic matching the second at least one characteristic.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the one or more characteristics of the vitality event includes a value of at least one first item in the vitality event,

wherein the first at least one characteristic includes the value of the at least one first item, and

wherein the second at least one characteristic includes a value of at least one second item corresponding to the user-specified prioritization action.