System and method for accessing and posting nodes of network and generating and updating information of connections between and among nodes of network

• US 8,935,275 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2011
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OnePatont Software Limited
• Original Assignee: OnePatont Software Limited
• Inventors: Rathod, Yogesh Chunilal
• Primary Examiner(s): ALAM, SHAHID AL
• Application Number:
  US13/015,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20110231363A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,447 Days
• Field of Search: 707/769, 707/770, 707/609, 707/E17.005, 707/E17.108, 707/627, 707/706, 709/207, 709/229, 705/14.73, 705/14.49, 705/319, 705/39, 715/720
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1837 Management specially adapted to peer-to-peer storage networks topology management mechanisms of peer-to-peer networks H04L67/1042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2428 Query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms G06F16/2423 takes precedence
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• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 : using social networks
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• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 : Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 : for supporting social networking services
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 : in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 : Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1074 : for supporting data block transmission mechanisms file transfer H04L67/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A system for transmission, reception and accumulation of the knowledge packets to plurality of channel nodes in the network operating distributedly in a peer to peer environment via installable one or more role active Human Operating System (HOS) applications in a digital devise of each of channel node, a network controller registering and providing desired HOS applications and multiple developers developing advance communication and knowledge management applications and each of subscribers exploiting the said network resources by leveraging and augmenting taxonomically and ontologically classified knowledge classes expressed via plurality search macros and UKID structures facilitating said expert human agents for knowledge invocation and support services and service providers providing information services in the preidentified taxonomical classes, wherein each of channel nodes communicating with the unknown via domain specific supernodes each facilitating social networking and relationships development leading to human grid which is searchable via Universal Desktop Search by black box search module.

Claims

1. A method performed by a computing device that includes a memory and one or more processors, the method comprising:

maintaining in a first database a plurality of nodes of a social network or a social graph;

maintaining in a second database a plurality of connections in the social network or the social graph, wherein each connection represents a connection between two or more nodes in the social network or the social graph;

maintaining in a third database information about the plurality of nodes and the plurality of connections;

providing an interface for users of the social network or the social graph to share and post content items in one or more communication channels of the social network or the social graph;

receiving from the interface the content item comprising selected content and instructions for selecting a referenced node;

determining whether any nodes of the social network or the social graph from the first database match the referenced node;

providing the user with a list of referenced nodes that matched any of the nodes of the social network or social graph from the first database;

receiving from the user a selected referenced node from the list, the selected referenced node being referenced in the interface; and

presenting a link to the selected referenced node in the content item,

wherein each of the first database, second database and third database are partial components of a universal database,

wherein updates to any of the first database, second database and third database are synchronized in the universal database.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of nodes comprises at least one of the users of the social network or social graph, application providers, applications, service providers, services, or content items;

and wherein the content items comprise text, video, audio, or image items, links, messages, notifications, email addresses, commands, advertisements, publications, surveys, auto generated journal feed items, activity stream items, or message stream items, user activity, search query queries and web addresses.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of connections comprise direct and indirect connections.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the connection between two or more nodes includes a connection between the user of the social network or social graph and the selected referenced node;

and

wherein the method further comprises generating the connection between the user of the social network or social graph and the selected referenced node in the second database; and

wherein the method further comprises generating information about the connection between the user of the social network or social graph and the selected referenced node in the third database, the generated information comprising any updates to the information about the connection.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selected referenced node is mapped by the social network or social graph on the social network or the social graph.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein said referenced node is selected by displaying the list of referenced nodes in the interface.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the list of referenced nodes comprises the connection between two or more nodes in the social network or social graph, wherein the connection identifies nodes of the social network or social graph connected to the user.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the link comprises one or more taxonomies, classifications, ontologies, names, metadata and details of the selected referenced node.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the list of referenced nodes comprise direct and indirect connections.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface for users of the social network or social graph is updated based on generating information in the third database about the connection between the user of the social network or social graph and the selected referenced node.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user or node of the social network or social graph can take at least one dynamic actions on at least one of the nodes in the social network or social graph including searching and matching, sorting, categorizing, bookmarking, selecting, attaching, detaching, registering, verifying and validating, uploading, downloading, installing and uninstalling, updating and upgrading, subscribing and unsubscribing, making payments, communicating, collaborating, integrating, mapping, ordering, comparing, viewing logs, action streams and status, publishing, accessing node and node related data and connections, connecting and disconnecting, inviting and synchronizing, applying privacy settings, rules and preferences, creating social networks or groups of nodes, providing comments or reviews, viewing hit statistics, viewing mapping of node with other nodes, viewing link of node and associating one or more taxonomies, classification or categories, properties, ontology and metadata.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising an activity stream.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a message stream.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a comment on the shared and posted content item.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a mobile application.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a notification.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a message.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising an external or third-party domain, web site, application, service, database, network and device.

19. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising an advertising communication channel.

20. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

creating a list of at least one node connected to the selected referenced node in the social network or the social graph.

21. The method according to claim 1, wherein the nodes, information related to each node, connections among nodes, and information related to connections among nodes are presented at the user interface.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein said user interface may comprise an explorer, an application, a service, a web site, and external or third-party domains.

23. A method performed by a computing device that includes a memory and one or more processors to identify a node in a social network, the method comprising:

maintaining in a first database a plurality of nodes of a social network;

maintaining in a second database a plurality of connections in the social network, wherein each connection represents the connection between two or more nodes network;

maintaining information in a third database, wherein the information comprises data about the nodes and connections between the nodes;

receiving updates to the information automatically or from a user of the social network based on at least one user activity via a user interface, the updates comprising auto identified or user selected nodes from a collection of connected nodes in the social network, wherein the collection of connected nodes are identified based on matching the information in the third database to the collection of connected nodes;

auto identifying or user selecting selectable links corresponding to the collection of connected nodes;

receiving an auto identified or user selected link, the auto identified or user selected link identifying a selected referenced node from the collection of connected nodes;

storing information in the third database about the selected referenced node and a connection with a user, wherein the stored information is based on the user'"'"'s activities, relations, groupings, communications and posted content;

wherein each of the first database, second database and third database are partial components of a universal database,

wherein updates to any of the first database, second database and third database are synchronized in the universal database.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the connection between two or more nodes includes a connection between the user of the social network and the selected referenced node and,

wherein the method further comprises generating the connection between the user of the social network and the selected referenced node in the third database;

wherein the method further comprises generating information about the connection in the third database, the generated information comprising the stored information.

25. The method according to claim 23, further comprising the interface facilitating the user'"'"'s one or more activities, wherein the activities may comprise enabling the user to upload and search, install, attach and detach one or more applications, provide and consume one or more services, create and join groups or networks, create relationships or connections with other users, communicate with other users including direct and indirect connections, conduct e-commerce of one or more branded products and services, search one or more contents, provide response to other users, share and publish one or more contents with auto identified or user selected links or source of nodes.

26. The method according to claim 23, wherein the information maintained in the third database may comprise dynamic relationships and metadata of the connections between the nodes, and details about the connections including:

identifying which user installed which application from which application provider, identifying which user created or joined which group and members of group, identifying who shared what contents with whom, identifying who installed which list of applications, identifying who subscribed to which services from which service providers, identifying who responded to whom, identifying which user shared content with one or more links of nodes from related nodes with which connected or matched users.

27. The method according to claim 23, wherein the identified selected referenced node is mapped by the social network from several nodes on the social network.

28. A system comprising a processor and memory for generating and updating information of connections between and among nodes of social network, comprising:

a node database maintaining a plurality of nodes of the social network or a social graph;

a connection database maintaining a plurality of connections in the social network or the social graph, wherein each connection represents the connection between two or more nodes in the social network or the social graph, the connection database further maintaining information about the plurality of connections;

a server providing an interface for users of the social network or social graph to share and post content items in one or more communication channels of the social network or social graph,

wherein the server receives the content item from the user via the interface,

wherein the content item comprises selected content and instructions for selecting a referenced node,

wherein the instructions for selecting the referenced node comprise;

determining which of the nodes of the social network or the social graph match the referenced node;

providing the user with a list of referenced nodes that matched any of the nodes of the social network or social graph;

receiving from the user a selected referenced node from the list of nodes, the selected referenced node being referenced in the content item; and

,

presenting in the content item a link to the selected referenced node of the social network or the social graph,

wherein both node database and the connection database are partial components of a universal database,

wherein updates to either the node database or the connection database are synchronized in the universal database.

29. The system according to claim 28, wherein the plurality of nodes comprises at least one of the user of the social network or social graph, application provider, application, service provider, service, or content item;

and wherein the content item comprises text, video, audio, or image items, links, messages, notifications, email addresses, commands, advertisements, publications, surveys, auto generated journal feed items, user activity, and search queries.

30. The system according to claim 28, wherein the plurality of connections comprise direct and indirect connections.

31. The system according to claim 28, wherein the connection between two or more nodes includes a connection between the user of the social network or social graph and the selected referenced node;

and

wherein the method further comprises generating the connection between the user of the social network or social graph and the selected referenced node in the connection database; and

wherein the method further comprises generating information about the connection between the user of the social network or social graph and the selected referenced node, the generated information comprising any updates to the information about the connection.

32. The system according to claim 28, wherein the selected referenced node is mapped by the social network or social graph on the social network or the social graph.

33. The system according to claim 32, wherein said selected referenced node is selected by displaying the list of referenced nodes in the interface.

34. The system according to claim 33, wherein the list of referenced nodes comprises the connection between two or more nodes in the social network or social graph, wherein the connection identifies nodes of the social network or social graph connected to the user.

35. The system according to claim 33, wherein the link comprises one or more taxonomies, classifications, ontologies, names, metadata and details of the selected referenced node.

36. The system according to claim 33, wherein the list of referenced nodes comprise direct and indirect connections.

37. The system according to claim 28, wherein the interface for users of the social network or social graph is updated based on generating information in the connection database about the connection between the user of the social network or social graph and the selected referenced node.

38. The system according to claim 28, wherein the user or node of the social network or social graph takes at least one dynamic action on at least one of the nodes in the social network or social graph including searching and matching, sorting, categorizing, bookmarking, selecting, attaching, detaching, registering, verifying and validating, uploading, downloading, installing and uninstalling, updating and upgrading, subscribing and unsubscribing, making payments, communicating, collaborating, integrating, mapping, ordering, comparing, viewing logs, action streams and status, publishing, accessing node and node related data and connections, connecting and disconnecting, inviting and synchronizing, applying privacy settings, rules and preferences, creating social networks or groups of nodes, providing comments or reviews, viewing hit statistics, viewing mapping of node with other nodes, viewing link of node and associating one or more taxonomies, classification or categories, properties, ontology and metadata.

39. The system according to claim 28, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising an activity stream.

40. The system according to claim 28, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a message stream.

41. The system according to claim 28, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a comment on the shared and posted content item.

42. The system according to claim 28, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a mobile application.

43. The system according to claim 28, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a notification.

44. The system according to claim 28, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising a message.

45. The system according to claim 28, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising an external or third-party domain, web site, application, service, database, network and device.

46. The system according to claim 28, wherein the interface posts the content items to the communication channel comprising an advertising communication channel.

47. The system according to claim 28, further comprises:

a list of at least one node connected to the selected referenced node in the social network or the social graph.

48. The system according to claim 28, wherein nodes, information related to each node, connections among nodes, and information related to connections among nodes are presented at the user interface.

49. The system according to claim 48, wherein said user interface may comprise an explorer, an application, a service, a web site, and external or third-party domains.

50. A method performed by a computing device that includes a memory and one or more processors, the method comprising:

maintaining in a first database a plurality of nodes of a social network or a social graph;

providing an interface for users of the social network or social graph to share and post content items in one or more communication channels of the social network or social graph;

receiving from the user via the interface the content item comprising selected content and instructions for selecting a referenced node;

in response to receiving instructions from the user to select a referenced node via the interface, presenting in the interface a list of referenced nodes;

receiving a selected referenced node from the list of referenced nodes;

sending a link to the selected referenced node; and

in response to receiving a user request to share and post the content item, presenting the content item in one or more communication channels of the social network, the content item comprising the link to the selected referenced node,

wherein the first database is a partial component of a universal database, where the universal database comprises a plurality of databases,

wherein updates to the first database are synchronized in the universal database.

51. The method according to claim 50, wherein the list of referenced nodes comprises connections from a social graph of connected nodes in a network environment, the connections from the social graph of connected nodes identifying nodes of the social network connected to the user in the social graph.

52. The method according to claim 50, wherein the link is presented based on a selection from a list, a combo box, a selection interface or inline controls, an integrated or triggered menu, or via a plurality of interfaces.

53. The method according to claim 50, wherein the link comprises at least one of taxonomies, classifications, ontologies, names, metadata and details of the selected referenced node.

54. The method according to claim 50, wherein the list of referenced nodes comprises direct and indirect connections.

55. The method according to claim 50, wherein the instructions comprise selecting a referenced node and presenting the link to the selected referenced node in the content item.

56. A method performed by a computing device that includes a memory and one or more processors, the method comprising:

maintaining in a first database, information about nodes in a social network, the information comprising data about the nodes and connections between the nodes;

receiving content from a user of the social network, the content comprising instructions for selecting a referenced node and an identifier immediately following the instructions;

identifying candidate referenced nodes from the nodes in the social network, wherein the candidate referenced nodes are identified by matching the identifier to information maintained about the candidate referenced nodes;

presenting a list of links corresponding to the candidate referenced nodes;

receiving a selected link from the list of links, the selected link identifying a selected referenced node from the candidate referenced nodes; and

storing information in the first database about a connection between the user and the selected referenced node,

wherein the first database is a partial component of a universal database, where the universal database comprises a plurality of databases,

wherein updates to the first database are synchronized in the universal database.

57. The method according to claim 56, wherein the connection between two or more nodes includes a connection between the user of the social network and the selected referenced node;

and

wherein the method further comprises generating the connection between the user of the social network and the selected referenced node in a second database, wherein the second database comprises a plurality of connections in the social network; and

wherein the method further comprises generating information about the connection between the user of the social network and the selected referenced node in the first database, the generated information comprising any updates to the information about the connection.