VISUALIZATION OF REAL-TIME SOCIAL DATA INFORMATICS

• US 20110066949A1
• Filed: 09/15/2009
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Do, Lydia M., DeLuca, Lisa Seacat
• Granted Patent: US 8,479,103 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Data corresponding to a current activity of a user is formatted for display. A contact list, tags of interest, and visual display mapping preferences associated with the user are received. A real time broadcast of a current activity of the user is received. A tag of interest most relevant to the current activity of the user is selected. Real time broadcasts of current activities of contacts associated with the user are received. Tags of interest most relevant to the current activities of the contacts are selected. The tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user is compared with the tags of interest selected most relevant to the current activities of the contacts. Data corresponding to the current activity of the user and the current activities of the contacts is transmitted in a format determined by the visual display mapping preferences associated with the user.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method in a data processing system for formatting a display of data corresponding to a current activity of a user on a network, the computer implemented method comprising:

receiving by a server device a contact list, tags of interest, and visual display mapping preferences associated with a user from a client device via the network;

receiving by the server device a real time broadcast of a current activity of the user on the network;

selecting by the server device a tag of interest associated with the user that is most relevant to the current activity of the user;

receiving by the server device real time broadcasts of current activities on the network of contacts listed in the contact list associated with the user;

selecting by the server device tags of interest associated with each of the contacts in the contact list that are most relevant to the current activities of each of the contacts;

comparing by the server device the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user with the tags of interest selected most relevant to the current activities of the contacts; and

transmitting by the server device data corresponding to the current activity of the user and the current activities of each of the contacts having a matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user in a format determined by the visual display mapping preferences associated with the user to the client device via the network.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting by the server device the data corresponding to the current activity of the user to each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user in a format determined by visual display mapping preferences associated with each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting by the server device contacts having the matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user;

calculating by the server device a priority score for each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest based on a strength of relationship between the user and the contacts regarding the current activity of the user; and

transmitting by the server device the data corresponding to the current activity of the user to each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and a priority score above a priority threshold in the format determined by the visual display mapping preferences defined by each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and the priority score above the priority threshold.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing by the server device the contact list, the tags of interest, and the visual display mapping preferences in a storage device.

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

analyzing display properties of the client device to determine how to display information associated with a tag of interest within a display device based on a visual display mapping preference corresponding to the tag of interest.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying by the client device the data corresponding to the current activity of the user and the current activities of each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and the priority score above the priority threshold within the display device in the format defined by the visual display mapping preferences associated with the user and the display properties of the client device.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the tags of interest associated with the user are defined by the user and are associated with information found on the network

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the visual display mapping preferences associated with the user are defined by the user and determine how to format the information for display in a display device.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein a tag of interest is one of a topic name or one or more keywords.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein a visual display mapping preference is a visual indicator that the user associates with a particular tag of interest.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the visual indicator is one of a color or a shape selected by the user to identify information of common interest between the user and contacts listed in the contact list associated with the user.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server device provides visualization of cross-collaboration of real time information being browsed by the user and each of the contacts having a matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user by combining the visual display mapping preferences associated with the user with visual display mapping preferences associated with each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest.

13. A data processing system for formatting a display of data corresponding to a current activity of a user on a network, comprising:

a bus system;

a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device includes a set of instructions; and

a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to receive a contact list, tags of interest, and visual display mapping preferences associated with a user from a client device via the network;

receive a real time broadcast of a current activity of the user on the network;

select a tag of interest associated with the user that is most relevant to the current activity of the user;

receive real time broadcasts of current activities on the network of contacts listed in the contact list associated with the user;

select tags of interest associated with each of the contacts in the contact list that are most relevant to the current activities of each of the contacts;

compare the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user with the tags of interest selected most relevant to the current activities of the contacts; and

transmit data corresponding to the current activity of the user and the current activities of each of the contacts having a matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user in a format determined by the visual display mapping preferences associated with the user to the client device via the network.

14. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the processing unit executes a further set of instructions to transmit the data corresponding to the current activity of the user to each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user in a format determined by visual display mapping preferences associated with each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest.

15. A computer program product stored on a computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied thereon for formatting a display of data corresponding to a current activity of a user on a network, the computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code configured to receive by a server device a contact list, tags of interest, and visual display mapping preferences associated with a user from a client device via the network;

computer usable program code configured to receive by the server device a real time broadcast of a current activity of the user on the network;

computer usable program code configured to select by the server device a tag of interest associated with the user that is most relevant to the current activity of the user;

computer usable program code configured to receive by the server device real time broadcasts of current activities on the network of contacts listed in the contact list associated with the user;

computer usable program code configured to select by the server device tags of interest associated with each of the contacts in the contact list that are most relevant to the current activities of each of the contacts;

computer usable program code configured to compare by the server device the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user with the tags of interest selected most relevant to the current activities of the contacts; and

computer usable program code configured to transmit by the server device data corresponding to the current activity of the user and the current activities of each of the contacts having a matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user in a format determined by the visual display mapping preferences associated with the user to the client device via the network.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to transmit by the server device the data corresponding to the current activity of the user to each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user in a format determined by visual display mapping preferences associated with each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to select by the server device contacts have the matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user;

computer usable program code configured to calculate by the server device a priority score for each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest based on a strength of relationship between the user and the contacts regarding the current activity of the user; and

computer usable program code configured to transmit by the server device the data corresponding to the current activity of the user to each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and a priority score above a priority threshold in the format determined by the visual display mapping preferences defined by each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and the priority score above the priority threshold.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to store by the server device the contact list, the tags of interest, and the visual display mapping preferences in a storage device.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to analyze display properties of the client device to determine how to display information associated with a tag of interest within a display device based on a visual display mapping preference corresponding to the tag of interest.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to display by the client device the data corresponding to the current activity of the user and the current activities of each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and the priority score above the priority threshold within the display device in the format defined by the visual display mapping preferences associated with the user and the display properties of the client device.