Systems and methods for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network

摘要

Automated systems and methods are provided for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network for a community of users, with little or no input from any given user. To establish the personalized trusted social network, one or more trusted sources are identified for a given user. The identified trusted sources are added to a user profile for the given user. Also, identified are any annotations, bookmarks, or the like that the identified trusted sources have associated with any shared content. These annotations provide access to microcontent items that the identified trusted sources have integrated with the shared content to thereby enhance or enrich its context. One or more profiles are constructed or updated to track the associations between the identified trusted sources and their annotations. The profile information can be applied to enhance and personalize search and browsing experiences for the given user.

主权项

1. A method implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network for a primary user, the method comprising:
monitoring plurality of blogs subscribed by the primary user by providing a feed for each of the plurality of blogs, each of the plurality of blogs including at least one blog entry and access to at least one microcontent item, wherein the at least one blog entry is contributed by a blogger, and wherein the at least one microcontent item is appended to the at least one blog entry by at least one of the blogger and a plurality of users other than the blogger; parsing the feeds for the plurality of blogs subscribed by the primary user; identifying the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users who appended the at least one microcontent item to the at least one blog entry in each of the plurality of blogs subscribed by the primary user; creating a trusted social network for the primary user including the at least one of the blogger and the plurality of other users who appended the at least one microcontent item to the at least one blog entry in each of the plurality of blogs subscribed by the primary user; and providing an annotated search result in response to a query from the primary user, the annotated search result including a reference to a microcontent item appended to a first blog entry contributed by a first member of the trust social network and a link to a second blog entry contributed by a second member of the trust social network.