Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media for facilitating management of social media information for communication devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9477849-B2
Application number	US-90361810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2010
Priority date	Oct 14, 2009
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media facilitating management of social media (SM) information are provided. In some embodiments, a method can include: executing a batch linking application; and batch linking one or more social network (SN) contacts to one or more contacts stored on or accessible by the communication device, wherein the batch linking comprises obtaining the one or more SN contacts at the communication device, wherein the one or more SN contacts are selected for the batch linking based, at least, on a correspondence to the one or more contacts, and wherein the batch linking is performed by the communication device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
executing, by a communication device including a processor, a batch linking application;
in response to the batch linking application being executed, batch linking, by the communication device, a social network contact to a contact of contacts, wherein the contacts are accessible to the communication device, and wherein the batch linking comprises:
receiving, by the communication device, the social network contact, wherein the social network contact is selected for the batch linking based, at least, on a correspondence to the contact of the contacts;
removing, by the communication device, a friend status of the social network contact, wherein the removing is based on a status update associated with the social network contact, and wherein the removing comprises removing without intervention by a user of the communication device;
determining, by the communication device, that the social network contact linked to the contact of the contacts lacks a friend status; and
in response to the determining, unlinking, by the communication device, the contact of the contacts linked to the social network contact that lacks the friend status, wherein the unlinking comprises unlinking without intervention by the user of the communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the batch linking comprises:
batch processing social network contacts, wherein social network contacts comprise the social network contact, and wherein the batch processing comprises:
comparing the social network contacts to the contacts; and
selecting as the social network contact, from ones of the social network contacts that correspond to the contacts.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the selecting as the social network contact comprises:
comparing information of the social network contact with other information of the contacts; and
determining the social network contact for which the information of the social network contact matches the other information of the contacts.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the information of the social network contact and the other information of the contacts comprise a first name and a last name.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein one of contacts is associated with a social card accessible to the communication device, the social card comprises social media information, and the method further comprises:
associating, with a contact card for the one of the contacts, social media information for the social network contact linked to the contacts.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the social media information comprises information from a social network with which the social network contact linked to the one of the contacts is affiliated, and the information comprises a social networking site posting.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising displaying, via a user interface of the communication device, the social card including associated social media information.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the social network contact is associated with a social networking data service.

9. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a communication device including a processor, social network contacts having a friend status;
identifying, by the communication device, linked contacts; and
deleting, by the communication device, the friend status of the social network contact, wherein the deleting is based on a status update associated with the social network contact, and wherein the deleting comprises deleting without receiving input to perform the deleting by the communication device; and
unlinking, by the communication device, ones of the linked contacts, wherein the unlinking is performed in response to the social network contact of the social network contacts being determined to lack the friend status.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising removing, by the communication device, social media information from a social card associated with a contact that has been unlinked by the unlinking.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the social media information comprises a social networking site website message posting.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
identifying, by the communication device, unlinked contacts that are unlinked by the unlinking;
linking, by the communication device, unlinked ones of the social network contacts having a friend status with ones of the unlinked contacts based, at least, on determining that the unlinked ones of the social network contacts are not duplicates of other ones of the social network contacts and matching information of the unlinked ones of the social network contacts with information of ones of the unlinked contacts; and
maintaining, by the communication device, links existing between linked ones of the social network contacts having the friend status and still linked contacts of the linked contacts.

13. An apparatus, comprising:
a memory that stores executable instructions; and
a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising:
selecting a social network contact for a batch linking;
batch linking the social network contact to a contact accessible to the apparatus in response to acquisition of the social network contact by the apparatus, wherein the social network contact is selected for the batch linking based, at least, on a correspondence to the contact;
determining whether to perform the batch linking without input external to the apparatus;
removing a friend status of the social network contact, wherein the removing is based on a status update associated with the social network contact; and
unlinking a linked contact based on a determination that the social network contact to which the contact is linked is determined to lack a friend status, wherein the unlinking is performed without intervention by a user of the apparatus.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
batch processing social network contacts, wherein the social network contacts comprise the social network contact, and wherein the batch processing comprises:
comparing the social network contacts to the contact;
selecting, as the social network contact of the social network contacts, ones of the social network contacts that correspond to the contact;
determining whether the social network contact is linked to a corresponding one of contacts; and
linking the social network contact with the corresponding one of the contacts based, at least, on the social network contact being determined to correspond to the one of the contacts and the social network contact being determined to be unlinked to the corresponding one of the contacts.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the selecting comprises:
comparing information of the social network contact with contact information of the contact; and
determining the social network contact for which the information of the social network contact matches the contact information of the contact.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the information of the social network contact and the contact information of the contact comprise a telephone number.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one of the contacts is associated with a social card accessible by the apparatus, wherein the social card includes social media information, and the operations further comprise:
associating, with a contact card for the contact, social media information for one of the social network contacts linked to the contact.

18. The apparatus

Assignees

• Swink Cristy
• Sikes Jason
• Fineman Benjamin
• Turitzin Christopher Marshall
• Tam Alex
• Regier Hannah
• At & T Mobility Ii Llc

Inventors

• Swink Cristy
• Sikes Jason
• Fineman Benjamin
• Turitzin Christopher Marshall
• Tam Alex
• Regier Hannah

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title