Integration of social interactions into media sharing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10348663-B2
Application number	US-201615235253-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2016
Priority date	Aug 12, 2016
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments for managing social commentary as applicable to social media by a processor. A spectrum of weights is assigned to individual portions of the social commentary as a function of a determined measured characteristic. Those of the individual portions having a higher weight than a predetermined threshold are selected to be displayed through the social media in a hierarchy corresponding to a position in the spectrum of weights, while those of the individual portions having a lower weight than the predetermined threshold are selected to be withheld from display. A deduplication operation is applied to the individual portions of the social commentary. Those of the individual portions determined to be repetitive greater than a predetermined number are used to assist in formulating weights of the individual portions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for managing social commentary as applicable to social media in a distributed computing environment, comprising:
a processor, operational within and between the distributed computing environment, that:
assigns a spectrum of weights to individual portions of the social commentary as a function of a determined measured characteristic, the social commentary comprising interactive comments associated with video content shared on the social media, wherein those of the individual portions having a higher weight than a predetermined threshold are selected to be displayed through the social media in a hierarchy corresponding to a position in the spectrum of weights, while those of the individual portions having a lower weight than the predetermined threshold are selected to be withheld from display, and
applies a deduplication operation to the individual portions of the social commentary to remove those of the individual portions selected to be withheld from display such that only original, first-instance interactions of respective ones of the individual portions are rendered to a user during a playback of the video content, wherein those of the individual portions determined to be repetitive greater than a predetermined number are used to assist in formulating weights of the individual portions and those of the individual portions similar with one another beyond a predetermined threshold are selected for the deduplication operation.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor applies, in conjunction with the deduplication operation, a common content filter to the social commentary.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor applies, in conjunction with the deduplication operation, an anti-spam filter to the social commentary.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor analyzes each of the individual portions of the social commentary for a level of the determined measured characteristic.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines the measured characteristic to indicate a level of relevance, a level of quality, or a level of popularity of the social commentary to the social media.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor initializes a user profile.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor, pursuant to initializing the user profile, records a declared user preference to assist in formulating the weights of the individual portions.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor determines whether a correlation is found between a calculated overall interest in the social media and a calculated user interest in the social media based on information in the user profile.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor, if the correlation is found, applies a regression operation to calculate a probability of interest in content of the social media.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor applies a cognitive interpretation operation to:
the social commentary,
an audio portion of the social media, or
a video portion of the social media.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor analyzes biometric data obtained from a user to assist in formulating the weights of the individual portions.

12. A computer program product for managing social commentary as applicable to social media in a distributed computing environment, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
an executable portion that assigns a spectrum of weights to individual portions of the social commentary as a function of a determined measured characteristic, the social commentary comprising interactive comments associated with video content shared on the social media, wherein those of the individual portions having a higher weight than a predetermined threshold are selected to be displayed through the social media in a hierarchy corresponding to a position in the spectrum of weights, while those of the individual portions having a lower weight than the predetermined threshold are selected to be withheld from display; and
an executable portion that applies a deduplication operation to the individual portions of the social commentary to remove those of the individual portions selected to be withheld from display such that only original, first-instance interactions of respective ones of the individual portions are rendered to a user during a playback of the video content, wherein those of the individual portions determined to be repetitive greater than a predetermined number are used to assist in formulating weights of the individual portions and those of the individual portions similar with one another beyond a predetermined threshold are selected for the deduplication operation.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including an executable portion that applies, in conjunction with the deduplication operation, a common content filter to the social commentary.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including an executable portion that applies, in conjunction with the deduplication operation, an anti-spam filter to the social commentary.

15. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including an executable portion that analyzes each of the individual portions of the social commentary for a level of the determined measured characteristic.

16. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including an executable portion that determines the measured characteristic to indicate a level of relevance, a level of quality, or a level of popularity of the social commentary to the social media.

17. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including an executable portion that initializes a user profile, and records a declared user preference to assist in formulating the weights of the individual portions.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 , further including an executable portion that:
determines whether a correlation is found between a calculated overall interest in the social media and a calculated user interest in the social media based on information in the user profile, and
if the correlation is found, applies a regression operation to calculate a probability of interest in content of the social media.

19. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including an executable portion that applies a cognitive interpretation operation to the social commentary, an audio portion of the social media, or a video portion of the social media.

20. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including an executable portion that analyzes biometric data obtained from a user to assist in formulating the weights of the individual portions.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Barajas Gonzalez Emmanuel
• Harrington Shaun E
• Mcgregor Harry
• Moore Christopher B

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06N7/01

  Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks · CPC title

• G06N5/022

  Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition · CPC title

• H04W4/23 Primary

  for mobile advertising · CPC title

• G06Q30/0201

  Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data · CPC title