Real-time shared web browsing among social network contacts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016188735-A1
Application number	US-201615059574-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 3, 2016
Priority date	Aug 3, 2013
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A determination is made that each of at least two social network contacts involved in a social messaging interaction initiate a separate web search associated with the social messaging interaction. A separate set of web search results returned to each of the at least two social network contacts is captured in association with each initiated separate web search. A combined live search results view that includes each captured separate set of web search results is provided to each of the at least two social network contacts. The combined live search results view provides navigation to web content returned to other social network contacts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
an output module; and a processor programmed to:
determine that at least two social network contacts involved in a social messaging interaction each initiate a separate web search associated with the social messaging interaction;
capture, in association with each initiated separate web search, a separate set of web search results returned to each of the at least two social network contacts; and
provide, via the output module, to each of the at least two social network contacts, a combined live search results view comprising each captured separate set of web search results, where the combined live search results view provides navigation to web content returned to other social network contacts.

2 . The system of claim 1 , where the processor is further programmed to:
detect a selection by one of the at least two social network contacts of a web search result hypertext link of one of the web search results returned to the respective one of the at least two social network contacts; capture a portion of information content associated with a web page accessed by the selected hypertext link; generate a content summary that represents the captured portion of the information content associated with the web page accessed by the selected hypertext link, where the content summary comprises a summarized text phrase as a summarized hypertext link and a content text summary that describes the captured portion of the information content associated with the web page accessed by the selected hypertext link; and update the combined live search results view provided to other social network contacts with the generated content summary within a respective separate partition of the combined live search results view associated with the respective one of the at least two social network contacts that first selected the hypertext link.

3 . The system of claim 2 , where the processor is further programmed to:
detect a selection by another one of the at least two social network contacts, to which the generated content summary is provided, of a rendered selectable annotation associated with the generated content summary, where the rendered selectable annotation comprises one of a rendered photograph of the one of the at least two social network contacts that first selected the hypertext link rendered in association with the generated content summary, and a summarized hypertext link that represents the captured portion of the information content associated with the web page accessed by the selected hypertext link; and navigate the combined live search results view associated with the other one of the at least two social network contacts that selected the rendered selectable annotation to a specific sub-page of a website that the one of the at least two social network contacts that first selected the hypertext link is currently viewing.

4 . The system of claim 3 , where the processor is further programmed to highlight as a breadcrumb within the specific sub-page of the website at least one additional hypertext link that the one of the at least two social network contacts that first selected the hypertext link also selected within the specific sub-page of the website.

5 . The system of claim 1 , where, in being programmed to provide, via the output module, to each of the at least two social network contacts, the combined live search results view comprising each captured separate set of web search results, the processor is programmed to:
provide, for each social network contact, a separate browser content partition within a unified content panel of the combined live search results view; and provide the captured web search results returned to the at least two social network contacts within the respective separate browser content partitions provided for the respective social network contacts.

6 . The system of claim 1 , where the social messaging interaction is selected from a group consisting of a chat session messaging interaction, an instant messaging interaction, an email messaging interaction, and a social network messaging interaction.

7 . A computer program product, comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
determine that at least two social network contacts involved in a social messaging interaction each initiate a separate web search associated with the social messaging interaction;
capture, in association with each initiated separate web search, a separate set of web search results returned to each of the at least two social network contacts; and
provide, to each of the at least two social network contacts, a combined live search results view comprising each captured separate set of web search results, where the combined live search results view provides navigation to web content returned to other social network contacts.

8 . The computer program product of claim 7 , where the computer readable program code when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:
detect a selection by one of the at least two social network contacts of a web search result hypertext link of one of the web search results returned to the respective one of the at least two social network contacts; capture a portion of information content associated with a web page accessed by the selected hypertext link; generate a content summary that represents the captured portion of the information content associated with the web page accessed by the selected hypertext link, where the content summary comprises a summarized text phrase as a summarized hypertext link and a content text summary that describes the captured portion of the information content associated with the web page accessed by the selected hypertext link; and update the combined live search results view provided to other social network contacts with the generated content summary within a respective separate partition of the combined live search results view associated with the respective one of the at least two social network contacts that first selected the hypertext link.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , where the computer readable program code
when executed on the computer further causes the computer to: detect a selection by another one of the at least two social network contacts, to which the generated content summary is provided, of a rendered selectable annotation associated with the generated content summary, where the rendered selectable annotation comprises one of a rendered photograph of the one of the at least two social network contacts that first selected the hypertext link rendered in association with the generated content summary, and a summarized hypertext link that represents the captured portion of the information content associated with the web page accessed by the selected hypertext link; and navigate the combined live search results view associated with the other one of the at least two social network contacts that selected the rendered selectable annotation to a specific sub-page of a website that the one of the at least two social network contacts that first selected the hypertext link is currently viewing.

10 . The computer program product of claim 9 , where the computer readable program code when executed on the computer further causes the computer to highlight as a breadcrumb within the specific sub-page of the website at least one additional hypertext link that the one of the at least two social network contacts that first selected the hypertext link also selected within the specific sub-page of the website.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bastide Paul R
• Deluca Lisa Seacat
• Do Lydia M

Classifications

• G06Q10/40 Primary

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

• G06F40/134 Primary

  Hyperlinking · CPC title

• G06Q10/101

  Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services · CPC title

• G06F40/169

  Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes · CPC title

• G06F16/958

  Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking · CPC title