SHARING MEDIA OBJECTS IN A NETWORK

• US 20110113133A1
• Filed: 01/13/2011
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Cheng, Lili, Farnham, Shelly, Kelly, Sean, Portnoy, William
• Application Number:
  US13/006,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20110113133A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

A method, computer readable medium, user component, and system for sharing media object in a network environment are disclosed. A network manager may determine a similarity metric between users of the environment, between media objects, and/or between a user and media objects. Based upon the similarity metric, the network manager may share media objects with another user if the similarity metric exceeds a pre-determined value or is more similar than other retrieved media objects. A user component may also provide a network map manager to display a network map, and may provide a tailored view manager to display a web log associated with at least one of the user icons displayed in the network map.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computer, a media object posted by a member of a network, wherein the member is one of a plurality of members of the network;

calculating, by the computer in response to the receiving, a user-user similarity metric between the member and a second member of the plurality of members of the network;

automatically forwarding, by the computer in response to the user-user similarity metric exceeding a user-user threshold, the media object to the second member.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

calculating, by the computer in response to the receiving, an object-user similarity metric between the media object and the second member;

automatically forwarding, in response to the object-user similarity metric exceeding an object-user threshold, the media object the second member.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a third member of the plurality of members of the network based on an annotation associated with the media object;

calculating, in response to the identifying, an object-user similarity metric between the media object and the third member;

automatically forwarding, in response to the object-user similarity metric exceeding an object-user threshold, the media object the third member.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

identifying a fourth member of the plurality of members of the network based on the annotation associated with the media object or based on another annotation associated with the media object;

calculating, in response to the identifying, a second user-user similarity metric between the third member and the fourth member;

automatically forwarding, in response to the second user-user similarity metric exceeding a second user-user threshold, the media object the fourth member.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

Identifying, an annotation associated with the media object, a third member of the plurality of members of the network;

calculating, in response to the identifying, a second user-user similarity metric between the member and the third member;

automatically forwarding, in response to the second user-user similarity metric exceeding a second user-user threshold, the media object the third member.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the user-user similarity metric between the member and the second member is based on a selection from a plurality of factors including transaction histories, co-occurrence information, statements of friendship, and user communication patterns.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the object-user similarity metric between the media object and the second member is based on a selection from a plurality of factors including an author of the media object, a person depicted by the media object, a person that accessed the media object, a person that annotated the media object.

8. At least one hardware computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving a media object posted by a member of a network, wherein the member is one of a plurality of members of the network;

calculating, in response to the receiving, a user-user similarity metric between the member and a second member of the plurality of members of the network;

automatically forwarding, in response to the user-user similarity metric exceeding a user-user threshold, the media object to the second member.

9. The at least one hardware computer storage medium of claim 8 further comprising:

calculating, in response to the receiving, an object-user similarity metric between the media object and the second member;

automatically forwarding, in response to the object-user similarity metric exceeding an object-user threshold, the media object the second member.

10. The at least one hardware computer storage medium of claim 8 further comprising:

identifying a third member of the plurality of members of the network based on an annotation associated with the media object;

calculating, in response to the identifying, an object-user similarity metric between the media object and the third member;

automatically forwarding, in response to the object-user similarity metric exceeding an object-user threshold, the media object the third member.

11. The at least one hardware computer storage medium of claim 10 further comprising:

identifying a fourth member of the plurality of members of the network based on the annotation associated with the media object or based on another annotation associated with the media object;

calculating, in response to the identifying, a second user-user similarity metric between the third member and the fourth member;

automatically forwarding, in response to the second user-user similarity metric exceeding a second user-user threshold, the media object the fourth member.

12. The at least one hardware computer storage medium of claim 8 further comprising:

Identifying, an annotation associated with the media object, a third member of the plurality of members of the network;

calculating, in response to the identifying, a second user-user similarity metric between the member and the third member;

automatically forwarding, in response to the second user-user similarity metric exceeding a second user-user threshold, the media object the third member.

13. The at least one hardware computer storage medium of claim 8 wherein the user-user similarity metric between the member and the second member is based on a selection from a plurality of factors including transaction histories, co-occurrence information, statements of friendship, and user communication patterns.

14. A system comprising:

a device that includes a processor;

the device configured for receiving a media object posted by a member of a network, wherein the member is one of a plurality of members of the network;

the processor configured for calculating, in response to the receiving, a user-user similarity metric between the member and a second member of the plurality of members of the network;

the device further configured for automatically forwarding, in response to the user-user similarity metric exceeding a user-user threshold, the media object to the second member.

15. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

the processor further configured for calculating, in response to the receiving, an object-user similarity metric between the media object and the second member;

the device further configured for automatically forwarding, in response to the object-user similarity metric exceeding an object-user threshold, the media object the second member.

16. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

the device further configured for identifying a third member of the plurality of members of the network based on an annotation associated with the media object;

the processor further configured for calculating, in response to the identifying, an object-user similarity metric between the media object and the third member;

the device further configured for automatically forwarding, in response to the object-user similarity metric exceeding an object-user threshold, the media object the third member.

17. The system of claim 16 further comprising:

the device further configured for identifying a fourth member of the plurality of members of the network based on the annotation associated with the media object or based on another annotation associated with the media object;

the processor further configured for calculating, in response to the identifying, a second user-user similarity metric between the third member and the fourth member;

the device further configured for automatically forwarding, in response to the second user-user similarity metric exceeding a second user-user threshold, the media object the fourth member.

18. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

the device further configured for identifying, an annotation associated with the media object, a third member of the plurality of members of the network;

the processor further configured for calculating, in response to the identifying, a second user-user similarity metric between the member and the third member;

the device further configured for automatically forwarding, in response to the second user-user similarity metric exceeding a second user-user threshold, the media object the third member.

19. The system of claim 14 wherein the user-user similarity metric between the member and the second member is based on a selection from a plurality of factors including transaction histories, co-occurrence information, statements of friendship, and user communication patterns.

20. The system of claim 15 wherein the object-user similarity metric between the media object and the second member is based on a selection from a plurality of factors including an author of the media object, a person depicted by the media object, a person that accessed the media object, a person that annotated the media object.