Patent ID: 8930385
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of interest group management in a social network, the social network being implemented on at least one networked computing device coupled to a computer network, the social network having a first member and a plurality of other members, the first member and each member of the plurality of other members having a plurality of characteristics, the method comprising: assigning by the at least one computing device a value to each characteristic of the first member and said each member of the plurality of other members, thereby obtaining (1) a first dataset of the first member comprising the values of the characteristics of the first member, and (2) a plurality of datasets of the plurality of other members, a dataset of the plurality of datasets per said each member of the plurality of other members, the dataset of said each member comprising the values of the characteristics of said each member, the step of assigning being performed for the first member based at least on information regarding the characteristics provided by the first member, the step of assigning being performed for said each member of the plurality of other members based at least on information regarding the characteristics provided by said each member of the plurality of other members; computing for said each member of the plurality of other members a distance in a first conceptual space between (1) a point in the first conceptual space defined by values of the characteristics of the first member, and (2) a point in the first conceptual space defined by values of the characteristics of said each member of the plurality of other members, thereby obtaining a plurality of distances in the first conceptual space, a distance of the plurality of distances corresponding to a different member of the plurality of other members, wherein the first conceptual space is defined so that each dimension of the first conceptual space corresponds to a different one of said plurality of characteristics, and wherein distances along at least one of the dimensions in the first conceptual space are weighted by a weight assigned to characteristic associated with said at least one of the dimensions by the first member; and including by the at least one computing device in a first group members from the plurality of other members whose distances to the first member in the first conceptual space are within a first predetermined distance limit, the first group being associated with the first member.