Patent ID: 9430802
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for collaborative content filtering on a communications network, comprising: monitoring social networking communications of a plurality of users on a communications network using a program, the program being executable by a processor of a computer; receiving, using the computer, filter parameters from an initiating user of the plurality of users, the filter parameters include identifying content of communication content of the social networking communications and a target user of the plurality of users to be presented the identified content, the initiating user selecting a content topic from the social networking communications for filtering; filtering, using the computer, the identified content in the communication content of the social networking communications based on the filter parameters, the filtering including parsing input from the users, using the program; and visually identifying, using the computer, the filtered identified content for the target user within the communication content and without excluding any of the communication content, the visual identification of the filtered identified content includes displaying the filtered identified content using a designation; the filtering the identified content in the communication content of the social networking communications further includes: an active mode wherein the parsing of the input from the users is in real time; a passive mode wherein the parsing of the input from the users is from saved inputs from the users; and the filter parameters include detecting a threshold frequency of a topic, and identifying the topic for a plurality of users when the threshold frequency is reached.