Method and apparatus for determining a group preference in a social network
First Claim
1. A method of electronically determining a group preference in a social network from a plurality of individual preferences of members of the social network, the method comprising:
- determining when a portable electronic communication device is in communication with the social network;
obtaining individual preferences from the members, wherein at least some of the individual preferences are different;
determining an importance of the social network to at least one individual based upon social network importance information;
determining, with one or more processors and stored program instructions configured to control the processors, an individual importance for a plurality of the members to the social network from a plurality of importance factors, the importance factors comprising at least a geographic location of a member relative to the social network and an ability of the member to contribute information to, or access information from, the network communication channels; and
generating, with the one or more processors, the group preference from weighted individual preferences.
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Abstract
A method (100) of electronically determining a group preference in a social network from multiple individual preferences of members of the social network is provided. One embodiment of the method (100) uses a combination of an individual'"'"'s importance to a social network and a social network'"'"'s importance to the individual as weighting factors when combining the individual preferences to generate a shared set of preferences. This group preference may be used to select content for broadcast to the network, including audio content and video content. A social network group preference determination apparatus (401) can determine the individual'"'"'s importance to the social network by interrogating or monitoring the communication activity of portable electronic communication devices (402) belonging to the members of the social network.
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1. A method of electronically determining a group preference in a social network from a plurality of individual preferences of members of the social network, the method comprising:
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determining when a portable electronic communication device is in communication with the social network; obtaining individual preferences from the members, wherein at least some of the individual preferences are different; determining an importance of the social network to at least one individual based upon social network importance information; determining, with one or more processors and stored program instructions configured to control the processors, an individual importance for a plurality of the members to the social network from a plurality of importance factors, the importance factors comprising at least a geographic location of a member relative to the social network and an ability of the member to contribute information to, or access information from, the network communication channels; and generating, with the one or more processors, the group preference from weighted individual preferences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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