KR20240030188A - Method for determining SNS activity range based on Exclusion policy - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method that allows the scope of SNS activity to be determined in various ways and areas by excluding users with these attributes from the search target or post disclosure target when one or more of the user's various attributes is selected, and is described in more detail. In the SNS system where each user's attributes are stored according to one or multiple hierarchical categories, a method for a specific user to determine the scope of his/her SNS activities, when the specific user selects one or more of the categories This relates to a method for determining the scope of SNS activity using a blacklist method that excludes users who have the selected category as an attribute.

Description

{Method for determining SNS activity range based on Exclusion policy}

The present invention relates to a method for determining the scope of SNS activity based on exclusion. More specifically, when one or more of the user's various attributes is selected, the user with these attributes is excluded from the search target or post disclosure target, thereby allowing the user to use various methods and areas. It is about a method to determine the scope of SNS activity.

SNS (Social Network Service) is a community-type web-based service for the purpose of communication or information sharing between people, and its use has recently increased significantly with the popularization of mobile devices. These SNS have the advantage of strengthening offline relationships such as family, acquaintances, and friends, and building new networks through invitations, visits, and establishing relationships online, allowing you to share information and communicate with more people. .

In general, according to conventional SNS, all or specific posts (various contents such as profiles, stories, photo albums, videos, events, etc.) of users are made public, that is, the subjects who can view or comment on them may or may not be restricted. . Taking Facebook as an example (see non-patent literature), ' Public ' posts that make a user's posts visible to everyone, including those who do not follow the user, and 'Friends' that make the user's posts visible to the user's friends and other people tagged in the posts. ' Only ', 'Friends of friends', which is visible to all of the user's friends and their friends' friends , ' Private ', which is visible only to the person who invited and the friends invited by the user, 'Custom', which is visible only to the friends designated by the user, There are ' View only me ', which allows only users to access, and ' Restrict public audience', which allows you to select the age and location of those who can view the post. Here, all disclosure restrictions except for 'full disclosure' are so-called whitelist-type access policies. 'Restrict disclosure' is also a confusing name, but it is a whitelist method because it involves selecting the age and location of the disclosure target.

Accordingly, existing SNS uses the user's profile information (name, age, gender, etc.), existing acquaintances, networks (place of residence, school attended, workplace, etc.), or SNS activities (groups joined, hobbies, interests, etc.) Networks are expanded and strengthened when related friends are recommended or other users who are interested in the user follow or request friends, and content sharing and collaboration are performed between them.

Despite the various advantages of these conventional SNSs, networks are formed and expanded targeting friends or friends of friends, and the degree of disclosure can be determined within the category of friends or friends of friends in addition to general disclosure, so there are the following limitations: ① The user's SNS activities are exposed to all acquaintances in practically real time ② It is difficult to form a network with attributes outside of the existing personal network ③ It is difficult to form a network with a group that has similarities to one's own attributes but is completely different from existing acquaintances Difficulty ④ Psychological difficulties in expressing emotions, intentions, or areas of interest that are different from or contrary to the user's attributes recognized by acquaintances, that is, expressing oneself freely while avoiding the risk of exposing oneself to close acquaintances and causing psychological resistance as much as possible Alternatively, there are structural limitations to broadcasting new areas of interest that are difficult to solve with existing networks or forming new networks that are completely different from existing networks on existing SNS.

Publication patent 10-2016-0031594 (notification service system and method, and device applied thereto) relates to automatically providing notifications to friends with high intimacy when a user's post changes on SNS, which is provided within existing human networks. Since the target of the notification is determined, it is unrelated to network expansion.

Publication patent 10-2021-0022966 (Method and device for displaying an interface for providing social network services through anonymous-based profiles) relates to a one-time chat room where people can act anonymously, but is only interested in limiting the public to whom it is disclosed. Moreover, because it is an ‘anonymous’ and one-time chat room, it is difficult to form a trustworthy human network.

Public patent 10-2016-0031594 Public patent 10-2021-0022966

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The present invention was created in consideration of the limitations of conventional SNS as described above, and allows users to freely express emotions, intentions, and areas of interest that are different from before, for example, without the burden of being exposed to existing acquaintances. The purpose is to provide a method to expand the range of emotions and form new networks with users with new attributes.

The present invention to achieve the above-mentioned purpose

In a method for a specific user to determine the scope of his/her SNS activities in an SNS system where each user's attributes are stored according to one or multiple hierarchical categories, the selected user selects one or more of the categories. It is characterized as a blacklist-type SNS activity scope determination method that excludes users with the above category as an attribute.

As described above, according to the present invention, you can freely express your opinions and feelings without fear or risk of evaluation, comment, or check by acquaintances by excluding your specific posts on SNS from being viewed by close acquaintances who want to avoid exposure as much as possible. You will be able to express yourself and form and interact with new human networks without prejudice.

1A to 1C are diagrams showing examples of various user attributes that can be applied in the present invention and detailed lists belonging to the attribute categories.
Figure 2 is an exemplary state diagram showing exclusion and adoption situations according to selection of attributes and lists belonging to attribute categories when exemplarily applying the method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings. However, the attached drawings are only examples for easily explaining the content and scope of the technical idea of the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited or changed thereby. Based on these examples, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As mentioned above, the present invention relates to a method of determining the scope of one's SNS activity by a user. In other words, the present invention is a method for a specific user to determine the scope of his/her SNS activities in an SNS system in which the attributes of each user subscribed to the SNS are stored according to one or multiple hierarchical categories, wherein the specific user is classified into the category. This relates to a method for determining the scope of SNS activity using a blacklist method that excludes users who have the selected category as an attribute when one or more of the categories is selected. The configuration and operation method of the SNS system, wired and wireless communication methods between the system and users, recording, storage and reading of information, etc. are well-known and well-known technologies, and the present invention does not relate to these per se, so a detailed description thereof is provided. Omit it.

In the present invention, the attributes of each user may be profile information or activity information of each user, but are not limited thereto.

In the present invention, the profile information can be selected or entered by each user at the registration stage and modified later, and consists of year of birth, gender, place of origin, residence, school attended, current school, current status, workplace, hobbies, and interests. It may include one or more subcategories selected from the group. The number and type of profile information, addition of subcategories, information input method, etc. may be determined according to the SNS operator's policy. For example, geographical information such as place of origin or residence can be selected at the appropriate level (class) among metropolitan cities, cities, counties, and towns, villages, and villages, and hobbies and schools of origin can be selected from those presented in various ways, as illustrated in Figures 1a and 1b. Alternatively, the list may be entered by the user.

In the present invention, the activity information may include one or two or more subcategories selected from the group consisting of each user's acquaintances and main activity areas on the corresponding SNS. Taking information about acquaintances as an example, it may be categorized into three layers as illustrated in Figure 1c. The number and type of activity information, addition of subcategories, information input method, etc. may be determined according to the SNS operator's policy. For example, each user can decide on their own, or the SNS operating system can decide based on each user's SNS activities.

Meanwhile, for reasons explained later, the activity information may include the acquaintances of each user's acquaintances.

Depending on the purpose of a specific user, for example, there may be cases where users who do not live in a specific area but have a specific hobby are targeted. For this case, in the present invention, it is desirable to allow the user to select whether to blacklist or whitelist the list selected for each category of the attribute. In this case , attributes related to geographical location such as hometown, residence, work location, etc. and attributes related to acquaintances such as school ties, blood ties, acquaintances, acquaintances of acquaintances, etc. are blacklisted (excluded) when selected, and hobbies, interests, fields of activity, etc. The usability of properties related to the same activity can be increased by setting the whitelist (included) state as the default mode when selected. At this time, it would be good to have the attributes related to the geographical location and the attributes related to the activity pre-selected to match the specific user's own attributes, so that the selection can be canceled if necessary. By allowing the specific user to ultimately choose whether to blacklist or whitelist each category, the specific user can determine the scope of his/her SNS activities in more diverse ways.

In the present invention, the SNS activity may be disclosure of all or specific posts posted by the specific user. In other words, it may be an activity in which a specific user discloses his or her posts only to users excluding users with selected attributes (blacklist-type disclosure). Here, making a post public means allowing users to view, comment on, and share the post.

Additionally, in the present invention, the SNS activity may be a search for other users by the specific user. In other words, activities such as searching for a user who does not have any of the attributes selected by a specific user, viewing the user's posts, sending a friend request, or requesting collaboration, etc.

Below, the process of using the SNS activity range determination method of the present invention configured as described above and its operation will be described as an example.

(Example 1) A case in which a specific user who graduated from CC University, lives in Daejeon, and enjoys hiking as a hobby searches for a stranger (not an acquaintance) who has the same hobby but does not graduate or attend CC University and lives outside of Daejeon.

The above-mentioned specific user wants to enjoy hiking, which is his hobby, but is not influenced by existing relationships with existing acquaintances (e.g., college senior/junior relationship, local acquaintances), and also minimizes the risk of being exposed to existing acquaintances and has the same hobby. This is an example of trying to find new connections.

The specific user selects 'hiking' from the list of hobby categories as shown in Example 2 of FIG. 1A (assuming that this is set in the whitelist method. Of course, the user may select the whitelist method) ( Profile information of the specific user may be used), 'CC University' in the list of university categories as shown in Figure 1b, 'Daejeon' in the list of predetermined residence categories (city omitted), and acquaintance category (city omitted) ) Select all (At this time, it is assumed that the university category, residence category, and acquaintance category are set in the blacklist method. Of course, the user may select the blacklist method). Then, if the process is carried out in a predetermined manner, the SNS system refers to the stored properties of each user and determines that the specific user does not graduate from or attend CC University, lives outside of Daejeon, and is an unknown (not an acquaintance) person and enjoys hiking. The user is extracted and presented to the specific user, or the specific post of the specific user is disclosed only to them. In the same way, you may be able to perform a more precise search by using more attributes as search conditions.

Meanwhile, in the above case, although it is "a user who does not graduate or attend CC University, lives outside of Daejeon, is a person unknown to the specific user (not an acquaintance), and enjoys mountain climbing as a hobby," there are 'acquaintances (direct acquaintances)' of the specific user. Since it is an ‘acquaintance (indirect acquaintance)’, there is a possibility that such activities of the specific user may become known through indirect acquaintances. Therefore, in the present invention, the activity information can include the acquaintances of each user's acquaintances.

A state diagram for the attributes discussed in Example 1, the list of each attribute category, selection of the list, and whether the selected list is treated as a whitelist or a blacklist is shown in Figure 2. In the drawing, the yellow circle is the selected list, and the circle marked with an X is the list excluded from the final search.

(Example 2) A case where a specific user who graduated from CC University and lives in Daejeon is interested in a new field that his or her existing acquaintances may think is unexpected.

For example, assume that a specific user, an ordinary office worker, is studying and preparing for Korean cooking and restaurant management to make a plan to run a Korean restaurant and put it into practice. However, if college alumni or local acquaintances find out about these plans, there is a risk of psychological checks or resistance due to prejudice (e.g., 'What kind of restaurant are you? Just keep working hard and save money~~!'). Therefore, this is an example of when you receive advice or training from an expert or an existing restaurant manager on SNS and want to keep it a secret from your acquaintances until you are somewhat prepared.

The specific user selects 'Daejeon' in the residence category and all acquaintances categories as in (Example 1) above (assuming that these categories are set in a blacklist method). Next, select 'Food' or 'Cooking' from the interest category (city omitted) and/or 'Restaurant Management' or 'Chef' from the current job category (city omitted) (the interest category and current job category are set in a whitelist method). Assuming there is. Of course, the user may choose to use the whitelist method). Then, if the process is carried out in a predetermined manner, the SNS system refers to the stored attributes of each user and determines that the specific user does not graduate from or attend CC University, lives outside of Daejeon, and is an unknown (non-acquaintance) person and uses food or cooking. Users who are interested in, run a restaurant, or are chefs are extracted and presented to the specific user, or the specific post of the specific user is disclosed only to them. In the same way, you may be able to perform a more precise search by using more attributes as search conditions.

For the same reason as in (Example 1) above, it is desirable that the activity information includes the acquaintances of each user's acquaintances.

Claims (12)

In a method for a specific user to determine the scope of his/her SNS activities in an SNS system where the properties of each user are stored,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, characterized in that it is a blacklist method that excludes users who have the selected category as an attribute when the specific user selects one or more of the categories.
In claim 1,
The above profile information is,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, characterized in that it is expressed as one or multiple hierarchical categories.
In claim 1 or 2,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, wherein the attributes of each user are profile information or activity information of each user.
The method of any one of claims 1 to 3,
The above profile information is,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, comprising one or more subcategories selected from the group consisting of the user's year of birth, gender, place of origin, residence, school, current status, workplace, hobbies, and interests.
The method of any one of claims 1 to 4,
The above activity information is,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, comprising one or more subcategories selected from the group consisting of each user's acquaintances and main activity areas on the SNS.
In claim 5,
The above activity information is,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, characterized by including the acquaintances of each user's acquaintances.
In claim 5,
The main fields of activity above are:
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, which is characterized in that each user decides on his or her own or the SNS operating system determines according to each user's SNS activities.
The method of any one of claims 1 to 6,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, characterized in that it is possible to select whether to blacklist or whitelist each category of the above attributes.
In claim 8,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, characterized in that the basic mode is that the attributes related to geographic location and acquaintances are blacklisted when selected, and the attributes related to activities are whitelisted when selected.
The method of any one of claims 1 to 6,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, characterized in that the list of attributes and categories of the user is presented in the SNS system or determined by the user.
The method of any one of claims 1 to 6,
The SNS activity is a method for determining the scope of SNS activity, characterized in that all or specific posts posted by the specific user are made public.
The method of any one of claims 1 to 6,
A method for determining the scope of SNS activity, wherein the SNS activity is a search for other users by the specific user.