Patent ID: 8412657
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for classifying digital content uploaded to the user base of a social networking site by users of the social networking site, wherein the digital content includes two or more items, the method comprising: identifying, using a data processor, a grouping of the two or more items in the digital content associated with a primary user of the social networking site; assigning, using the data processor, a raw score to the identified items based on predetermined criteria; deriving, using the data processor, an aggregate score for the digital content, wherein the aggregate score is derived from the raw scores; grouping, using the data processor, other users of the social networking site that frequently communicate with the primary user and with each other into an associated user group; determining, using the data processor, a property of the associated user group; adjusting, using the data processor, the aggregate score according to a determined property of the associated user group to form an adjusted aggregate score; and using the adjusted aggregate score to output a classification of the digital content.