Abstract: In an embodiment, an application server is configured to manage privacy settings of a subscriber for one or more social networking services. The application server determines a set of privacy settings (e.g., a manually configured or default set of privacy settings) of the subscriber for the one or more social networking services, and then receives, from the subscriber, permission to dynamically modify the set of privacy settings. The application server monitors, responsive to the received permission, passive behavior of the subscriber that is separate from interactions between the subscriber and the one or more social networking services (e.g., calls, text messages, instant messages made to/from the subscriber, a location of the subscriber, etc.). The application server triggers a modification to the set of privacy settings based on the monitored passive behavior of the subscriber.

Abstract: Example systems and methods of content sharing via social networking are presented. In one example, availability of a first user device to provide media content over a communication network is detected. A second user device is identified via an association of the first user device with the second user device that is specified in a social network. An acceptance by the second user device to receive the media content from the first user device is determined. In response to the acceptance, transmission of the media content provided by the first user device over the communication network to the second user device is initiated.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication system that is used with a wireless communication device and a position location system, the wireless communication device being capable of communicating with the position location system. The wireless communication system includes a memory device for storing position locations of the wireless communication device and for storing transactions made relating to the wireless communication device, a processor for determining trends by recalling stored information from the memory device and processing the recalled information, and a transmitter for transmitting targeted broadcasts to the wireless communication device based on the current location of the communication device.

Abstract: A method is for friend recommendation which includes obtaining a first picture sent by a user, and determining one or more users associated with the first picture based on attribute information of the first picture. The method also includes, when it is determined that a total number of the users associated with the first picture is two or more, detecting whether a first user and a second user from the one or more users associated with the first picture are friends. Further, the method includes, when it is detected that the first user and the second user are not friends, sending friend recommendation information to one of the first user and the second user, wherein the friend recommendation information contains information of the other of the first user and the second. It is more likely that the friend recommendation information is of real interest of the users receiving the information.

Abstract: Ranking payment requests includes a peer-to-peer payment system that employs a server configured for receiving a payment request from a requester computing device; receiving location data of the requester network device; receiving a request for a ranking of payment requests; searching social network information of the payor for occurrences of the requester of the payment request; receiving location data of the payor network device, the location data comprising a location of the payor computing device and a location history of the payor computing device; searching a transaction history of the payor; ranking the payment requests based at least in part on one or more of the location of the requester, a strength of social network connections to the payor for each of the payment requesters, and number of previous transactions between the payor and the requester; and providing the ranking of the payment requests to the payor.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for providing geographic-based event recommendation and event attendee networking are presented. A suggested event may be determined based on location information of a user. The user may be a member among members of a social network service. Event information corresponding to the suggested event may be provided to the user. A user attendance indication may be received from the user. The user attendance indication may indicate that the user may be attending the suggested event. Contact members, from among the members of the social network service, that are associated with the user through the social network service may be identified. An event notification may be communicated to the contact members. The event notification may include the user attendance indication.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems that relate to an “activity assistant” that provides users with dynamically-selected “activities” that are intelligently tailored to the user's world. The subject technology receives the one or more global parameters of one or more selected activities. The subject technology further receives the one or more account-specific parameters of a selected user account. For the selected user account, and for each of the one or more selected activities, the subject technology: (a) determines one or more signals based at least in part on one or more of the global parameters of the selected activity and one or more of the account-specific parameters of the selected user account, and (b) uses the determined signals as a basis for determining an importance of the selected activity for the selected user.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include calculating an influence score relating to an action performed by a user of a social network, the influence score for the user being based on performance of the action by a contact of the user and occurring after performance of the action by the user and calculating an action score based on the influence score for the user.

Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for providing a user with notifications about events in a social network. A system may be configured to determine that a number of events for a user have occurred on a social network, wherein each event for the user is associated with an entity, calculate a score for each event based on a profile for the user and a profile for the entity associated with the event, and generate a notification for the user, wherein the notification comprises a plurality of information elements, wherein each information element is associated with one of the events in the number of events, and wherein the plurality of information elements in the notification are prioritized based on the score for each of the events.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining that uniform resource locators are malicious may include identifying a uniform resource locator that may be posted on a social networking platform and that may be subject to a security assessment, gathering contextual data from the social networking platform that describes at least one instance of the uniform resource locator within the social networking platform, generating, based on the contextual data, a social fingerprint of the uniform resource locator and classifying the uniform resource locator as malicious based at least in part on the social fingerprint. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A data attribution system uses a unique identifier (UID) that uniquely identifies a particular individual. A search is conducted of different data sources and, different types of profile information associated with the UID is extracted from the data sources. The different types of profile information associated with the same UID is aggregated together and displayed in a same screen presentation on a user interface.

Abstract: Community-based accelerated learning provides a system where knowledge can be obtained in a simplified and optimized manner by presenting information in an incremental manner using a canonical curriculum. Community-based accelerated learning also provides an economic model for exchanging knowledge for currency. Community-based accelerated learning also provides an environment in which a user's digital representative (or avatar) can continuously search for sources of knowledge or experiences that match a user's specified goals.

Abstract: Techniques for brand scoring for social media users are described. In at least some embodiments, brand-related content that users post to a social media environment (e.g., social media website(s)) is identified and characterized. Based on attributes of a user and brand-related content posted by the user, a brand score for the user may be calculated. In at least some embodiments, a user's brand score provides an indication of the user's perception of a brand and/or the user's influence on perception of the brand in a social media environment.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method, system and computer storage medium for processing relationship circle. The method includes: acquiring subgroups from a relationship circle; extracting subgroup attributes shared between members of the relationship circle from the subgroups; obtaining at least one recognition result from the subgroup attributes shared between members of the relationship circle; and mapping the at least one recognition result to the relationship circle. The system includes: a subgroup acquisition module, configured to acquire subgroups within a relationship circle; an extraction module, configured to extract subgroup attributes shared between members of the relationship circle from the subgroups; and a mapping module, configured to obtain at least one recognition result by analyzing the subgroup attributes shared between members of the relationship circle and map the at least one attribute recognition result to the relationship circle.

Abstract: In one aspect, this disclosure provides a crowd endorsement social engine for endorsing an athlete. In various aspects crowd endorsement of athletes includes income and training support for semi-pro, amateur, Olympic athletes, sponsorship from family, friends, fans, and social community. In one aspect, individual athlete campaigns highlight goals, progress and achievement. In another aspect, athletes produce blog style updates on progress, physiologic tweets during competition in the form of broadcasting messages. In another aspect, sponsors create emotional attachment to their athlete and his/her success and provide encouragement. In another aspect, fans that attend events provide live updates to athletes' pages. In another aspect, community growth is based on athlete adoption and sponsor base.

Abstract: A mode-based method of social networking comprising storing in a database profile information for a plurality of users, event information for a plurality of events and a mode associated with each event, receiving by a plurality of computerized user devices a selection of a mode and one or more geographic proximity parameter selections from a each of plurality of users, displaying, event information for an event having a same mode as the first user, profile information for one or more other users among the plurality of users having selected the same mode as the first user and located within a geographic proximity parameter selected by the first user, and a density of a plurality of users located within the geographic proximity parameter selected by the first user wherein the density is represented by a color corresponding to the mode.

Abstract: A unified search service may collect information related to an enterprise from at least one of publicly available data and private enterprise data. In some implementations, crowd sourcing may be used to determine a source list of one or more sources of information. Authored content can be generated, such as by combining one or more items of information from the public data with one or more items of information from the private enterprise data. Further, in some implementations, a public index may be generated from the public data, and one or more affiliation indexes may be generated from the private enterprise data. For example, a first affiliation index may contain confidential enterprise information, while a second affiliation index may contain non-confidential enterprise information. A user's affiliation to the enterprise may be taken into consideration when determining which indexes to use when responding to a search request from the user.

Abstract: An social networking software application provides identify verification, minor sponsorship, photography management, and image editing features, in addition to providing efficient product and employment advertising. An event photography module enables the management and purchase of event photographs.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for prioritizing a plurality of network feeds based on a corresponding number of social network references. A system accesses network feeds associated with at least one social network. The system identifies a plurality of network feeds based on associated names, keywords, calendar dates, and/or geographic locations. The system outputs, to a display device, a first chronological representation of a first set of network feeds based on calendar dates associated with the first set of network feeds and a second chronological representation of a second set of network feeds based on calendar dates associated with the second set of network feeds. The system can supplement the chronological representations of network feeds with additional network feeds associated with other network users.

Abstract: A method and system of direct mailing in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a community network of user profiles, each user profile associated with a verified geographic location and at least one of a contact address, associating a first user with a first user profile, selecting a mail mode, selecting a communication, generating a first display view to include a map view embodied by the community network, at least a portion of the user profiles represented at a location in the map view associated with the verified geographic location of the first user profile, selecting a second user profile from the portion of the user profiles, and generating a mailing of the communication, in a format associated with the mail mode, between the first user profile and the contact address associated with the second user profile.

Abstract: A system and method for sharing information on a network-based social platform is provided. An indication is received from a first user to share information regarding an item on a network-based social platform. The network-based social platform is a platform that allows the first user to communicative couple with other users of the network-based social platform. Profile information of the first user is accessed. A determination of whether the first user is authorized to share the information is made. Based on the first user being authorized, an identifier for the item is added to a list of recommended items that is accessible view the network-based social platform.

Abstract: Items—including gourmet products—are evaluated and rated by participants in a controlled event, which can be coordinated by software locally or at a dedicated website. Event data, including item scores and participant scores can be shared with vendors, merchants and other commercial entities associated with the products. Promotional incentives from such entities for the products (and related products) can then be directly targeted and provided to participants and other members of the public. The participant's activities can also be collected and disseminated to affiliates/friends of the participants through social networking sites, personalized web pages, etc.

Abstract: A system and method for measuring user affinity in a social network environment is provided. One or more activities performed by a user associated with a social network environment are monitored. A relationship associated with the one or more activities is identified. An affinity for one or more objects associated with the social network environment is then determined based on the one or more activities and the relationship.

Abstract: Real-time interactive broadcast sessions for client devices include: for each client device in the interactive broadcast session, configuring downstream video and audio ports for the interactive broadcast session between a central controller and the client device; receiving from each client device a selected broadcaster corresponding to a broadcaster flow control signal; in response to receiving the selected broadcaster from each client device, sending video and audio streams of the selected broadcaster to each client device over the interactive broadcast session; receiving a request from a given client device on the interactive broadcast session to interact with the selected broadcaster; configuring upstream and downstream video ports for one-to-one video chat session between the central controller and the given client device; and sending the video and audio streams of the given client device, and the video and audio streams of the selected broadcaster, to each client device over the interactive broadcast se

Abstract: A micro-cell base station subsystem at a premises of an enterprise includes a base transceiver system configured for wireless communication with a mobile station over a frequency band allocated for mobile traffic in a macro cellular network. A communication interface is configured to send and receive communications for one or more mobile stations when at the premises via a packet data network. A controller coupled to the base transceiver system is configured to operate the micro-cell base station subsystem to appear as a base station similar to a base station of the macro cellular network, including enabling mobile station registration. A softswitch coupled to the packet data network enables mobile station registration with the macro cellular network through the micro-cell base station subsystem.

Abstract: A breathalyzer system for use with a computer consisting of a breathalyzer, computer software and hardware, an interface and method for delaying posts by persons who cannot prove sobriety upon initial posting. The breathalyzer registers the level of sobriety, and the result is sent through an interface to the software. If the alcohol level is below an acceptable threshold, unencumbered access to the social media is granted. If the alcohol level is above an acceptable threshold, access to websites, posting on social media websites, uploading videos, online gambling, or making large purchases is restricted.

Abstract: System of matching algorithms for pairing parties wherein one party seeks and consumes knowledge and the other party provides knowledge by means of real-time knowledge transfer sessions conducted via video communications and multiple media. Knowledge can be transferred through collaborative problem solving, questions-and-answers, tutorials, structured sessions, and unstructured sessions. The transfer of knowledge can take place on a pay-for-service basis or by means of knowledge-gifting. The system can accommodate one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many assemblages of knowledge sharing participates. The system includes post-session ratings of each party by and of the other party, building cumulative ratings scores, supplemented with video and voice and text reviews with the resultant data woven into an algorithmic solution for matching participants in future sessions with optimally favorable outcomes, based on the quantifiably expressed feedback of all session participants.

Abstract: A method of connecting users is disclosed. A method may include creating a plurality of user accounts, each of the user accounts corresponding to one of the plurality of users, and having a plurality of uploadable features including a first feature permitting the user to upload at least one advertisable characteristic to a user account, forming a user network including one or more of the plurality of user accounts in communication with one or more other user accounts, identifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic, linking each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic, and notifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic of the identity of the other of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic.

Abstract: The SOCIAL MATCH PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“SMP”) transforms platform join requests, social network info, and SMP network info inputs via SMP components NJ, JIP, CIP, OP, CN-SGU and CN-UPSOG into job info, candidate info, offer info, and social meetup info outputs. A job information request for a candidate may be obtained. Social data associated with the candidate may be determined. A social job relevancy rating for various jobs may be calculated using the social data. A job may be selected using the social job relevancy rating for the job, and information regarding the selected job may be provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a user's impact in an online social network based on responses by other users to posts made by the user are provided. Responses by other users to one or more posts by the user are received. A response score is determined for each of the one or more responses. A post score is determined for each post by the user, based at least in part on the response score for that post. A cumulative score is determined based at least in part on the post score. An impact score is determined based at least in part on the cumulative score of the user and a total number of friends that the user has within the online social network. The impact score represents that user's impact or influence within his or her online social network, regardless of the particular size of that network.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for facilitating networked communication. An event creation module is configured to create an event profile within a social networking service. A check-in module is configured to associate a plurality of user profiles with the event profile and to associate the user profiles with a plurality of social categories. A message interface is operable by a first user to send a message to a second user or to initiate voice communication response by selectively providing or removing phone voice connection. A nearby module is configured to provide nearby user profiles within a predetermined range of other user profiles wherein user profile for a second user results are nearby check-ins allowing event social hot spots to be visible when an event profile is experiencing higher volume check-ins and in what social type publicly displayed.

Abstract: Business, recommendation, and social relationship graph information for businesses may be received from a data source social networking website, where each business is recommended by users. The recommendation information may indicate users that recommend certain businesses. The social relationship graph information may indicate user-specific networks of social relationships on the social networking website. For a user query including business and affinity group selection criteria, business, recommendation, and social relationship graph information may be searched to select businesses that: match the business selection criteria; and are recommended by users having social relationships within a maximum degree of closeness with the querying user and being in an affinity group matching the affinity group selection criteria. The selected businesses may be ranked based on numbers of recommending users and social relationship graph information.

Abstract: A recruiting system receives user inputs that generate events within the recruiting system related to recruiting a new employee. The recruiting system tags messages with filter tags so that they can be filtered for later viewing. The recruiting system then provides outputs that take action within a social network based on user-initiated events, within the recruiting system. The recruiting system also accesses the social network to display an information feed based on user inputs.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer program products for creating or updating a social network group based on customer relationship management (CRM) records in an enterprise social network. In some implementations, a server of a database system receives from a client machine a first request to create or update a social network group based on a CRM record. The server identifies one or more users associated with the CRM record and sends information identifying the users to the client machine for display. The server receives a second request in relation to creating or updating the social network group, the second request identifying a user to be included as a member of the social network group. Responsive to the second request, the server creates or updates the social network group to include the user as a member, the social network group being identified as being associated with the CRM record.

Abstract: A social networking system allows a user to create an event in the social networking system while viewing a web page from a third-party website from a domain different than the social networking system. A widget or other social plug-in is included in the web page, and user interaction with the widget communicates information from the web page to the social networking system. An event object is created in the social networking system from the information from the web page. The social networking system may perform various actions to increase user interaction with the created event object, such as identifying additional users to invite the event or identifying users attending the event to other users.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for facilitating user interactions comprises receiving, with the aid of a system having a computer processor, a request from a requester for making an introduction to a target. The target is directly linked to a facilitator, which can be a user in the requester's company or user group. The system requests authorization from the facilitator to introduce the requester to the target. Upon receiving authorization from the facilitator, the system introduces the requester to the target. In some cases, the system does not reveal the identity of the facilitator to the requester.

Abstract: An exemplary method includes at least one physical computing device 1) determining a first strength of communication metric representative of a strength of communications initiated by a first user towards a second user during a time period and a second strength of communication metric representative of a strength of communications initiated by the second user towards the first user during the time period, 2) generating a strength of communication graphic that graphically represents the strength of the communications initiated by the first user towards the second user relative to the strength of the communications initiated by the second user towards first user, and 3) providing the graphic for display by an access device associated with the first user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of determining an answer. The method includes sending a question through a mobile network to a plurality of mobile terminals, receiving responses to the question from the mobile terminals and outputting a single answer based on the responses.

Abstract: A method for managing business introductions includes retrieving unfiltered data generated by a professional networking service and filtering a plurality of business connections to generate a filtered list of business connections. The filtered list of connections to send to an end user device, and a selected connection is subsequently received. The method further includes generating a draft message to a business contact requesting an introduction to the selected connection and sending the draft message to the end user device. Once a revised message is received from the end user device, a server sends the revised message to the business contact.

Abstract: A method for providing mood-based analytics for collaborative travel planning for a group containing one or more group member includes receiving a priority, a target happiness index, and mood-based input for each group member. A target group happiness index is calculated based on an aggregate of the target happiness indexes weighted by the priority for each group member. A current group happiness index is calculated based on an aggregate of the mood-based input weighted by the priority for each group member. The activity preferences for the group are determined based on the aggregate of the mood-based input weighted by the priority for each group member. External environmental data that influences the current group happiness and the activity preferences is collected. A group itinerary based on the current group happiness index, the activity preferences for the group, and the external environmental data is generated to meet the target group happiness index.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, training a transcription system includes accessing recorded voice data of a user from one or more sources. The recorded voice data comprises voice samples. A transcript of the recorded voice data is accessed. The transcript comprises text representing one or more words of each voice sample. The transcript and the recorded voice data are provided to a transcription system to generate a voice profile for the user. The voice profile comprises information used to convert a voice sample to corresponding text.

Abstract: In an information searching method, information content records are provided in a computer network, each information content record including a tag indicator forming a subset less than a whole of a context hashtag record. When a search query including at least one search term is received from a user, a search is performed of an index of context hashtag records for the at least one search term. The index of context hashtag records is based on data other than only the subset less than the whole of the context hashtag record. Based on the searching, a list of context hashtag record matches is generated, and a search result is returned to the user. The search result includes a list of information content records, each information content record on the result list being associated with at least one context hashtag record on the list of context hashtag record matches.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for enhancing user engagement in a social network computing environment by using affinity indices to track the interaction among posts, topics, users, groups, and experts, and populating displays on user, group, and topic pages using the affinity indices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a peer-to-peer (P2P) network for providing real time media recommendations. The P2P network includes a central server interconnecting a number of peer devices. In operation, a proxy function of the central server receives media recommendations from one or more peer devices that are active and online as media presentations identified by the media recommendations are played by the peer devices. The one or more peer devices are included in a group of peer devices associated with a first peer device. The proxy function provides the media recommendations to the first peer device. An augmentation function of the central server monitors a recommendation level of the first peer device. If the recommendation level falls below a minimum recommendation level, the augmentation function augments the media recommendations provided to the first peer device to increase the recommendation level to or above the minimum recommendation level.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists.

Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, methods, systems, and media for generating and prioritizing relevant content in real-time data systems are provided. In some embodiments, a method for recommending content for publishing is provided, the method comprising: receiving content from one or more content sources; determining one or more term entities associated with the content; calculating a score of the one or more terms based on a frequency, a recency, and a density at which the one or more term entities appear in one or more real-time information sources; and recommending a content item for publication to at least one of the one or more real-time information sources based on the score, wherein the content item comprises at least a portion of the received content.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for social networking is provided. In an embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of mobile devices that can directly connect to each other via a peer-to-peer connection. The devices can additionally connect to a server. The server maintains a profile schema which can be used to generate profiles for users for each of the mobile devices.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a personal value for a user are disclosed. For example, the method collects data associated with the user, wherein the data that is collected comprises social connection data, enhances the data that is collected, receives a request, and generates a response to the request by using a personal value for the user, where the personal value is generated from the data that is enhanced.

Abstract: A tangible social network system comprises at least two interactive physical objects adapted for communicatively linking with each other, a visualization application for providing a visual representation of a user's tangible social network, and an object communication frame. An interactive physical object comprises a controller for forming a communicatively linked relationship with another interactive physical object and for receiving and responding to commands and data received from a linked object, and an audio or visual response subsystem. An object communication frame comprises a housing adapted to receive interactive physical objects, a communications subsystem for managing communications with installed objects and with interactive physical objects communicatively linked with installed objects, a controller, and a power subsystem for powering installed objects.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system of a campaign in a geo-spatial environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes populating each profile of a geo-spatial social network with an address data, forming a group in support of a campaign in the geo-spatial network when a particular user creates the group in support of the campaign and automatically communicating media to a physical location of a member of the group based on the address data associated with each profile of the geo-spatial network. The method may also include automatically creating the group based on a public data associated with each profile of the geo-spatial social network even prior to certain users associated with each profile registering geo-spatial social network by applying the public data to the each profile.