WO2013028089A1 - Method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server - Google Patents
Method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- WO2013028089A1 WO2013028089A1 PCT/RU2011/000632 RU2011000632W WO2013028089A1 WO 2013028089 A1 WO2013028089 A1 WO 2013028089A1 RU 2011000632 W RU2011000632 W RU 2011000632W WO 2013028089 A1 WO2013028089 A1 WO 2013028089A1
- Authority
- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- network
- social
- participants
- account
- Prior art date
Links
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title claims description 19
- 238000004891 communication Methods 0.000 abstract description 10
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 abstract description 3
- 238000005516 engineering process Methods 0.000 abstract description 2
- 238000004458 analytical method Methods 0.000 description 4
- 238000011161 development Methods 0.000 description 2
- 210000003128 head Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 230000003993 interaction Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000003012 network analysis Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000006855 networking Effects 0.000 description 2
- 206010029897 Obsessive thoughts Diseases 0.000 description 1
- 238000009825 accumulation Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000015572 biosynthetic process Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000008859 change Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000010276 construction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000034994 death Effects 0.000 description 1
- 231100000517 death Toxicity 0.000 description 1
- 230000009916 joint effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000012423 maintenance Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000002093 peripheral effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000007639 printing Methods 0.000 description 1
- 210000001747 pupil Anatomy 0.000 description 1
- 238000004445 quantitative analysis Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000011160 research Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000012360 testing method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000000007 visual effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000012800 visualization Methods 0.000 description 1
Classifications
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
- G06Q10/10—Office automation; Time management
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06Q50/00—Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism
- G06Q50/01—Social networking
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
- H04L51/52—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail for supporting social networking services
Definitions
- This invention relates to the Internet communication technologies and can be used for business, private life, remote education, religion ceremonies, sports, military activity, medical purposes as well in other aspects of life that require personal communication.
- sites can be divided into two categories: the "authorities” (contain much useful information on a certain topic) and “hubs” (have many links - links to interesting sites).
- the structure of the web space is heterogeneous: it can distinguish the so- called core consisting of "hubs” and “authorities”, and peripheral sites have little "weight” in the online community. During its life a site is either gaining weight and is included in the kernel, or dies.
- Another disadvantage of webs is that Internet access being suddenly temporarily blocked, participants of relatively active social networks forcedly miss a number of posts hence being unable to maintain satisfactory communication with other social network participants.
- the object of this invention is to provide a new method of establishing social networks retaining most of the advantages of webs while being free from the abovementioned disadvantages.
- a network is built on the basis of any mail server user account by the network administrator creating an unlimited number of new valid mail accounts for the participants of that social network.
- new accounts are created on the basis of the network administrator's account by adding to the network administrator's login the logins of new users and social network participants separated by a previously agreed character allowed by the mail server protocol.
- the participants communicate through e-mail messages or via mailing lists.
- the network administrator When working in the web the network administrator generates member cards in his her account for society participants having unique logins and passwords.
- the network administrator can control from his/her account the mailboxes of social network participants.
- the network administrator can fill from his/her account the list of contacts for the accounts of other social network participants. Furthermore, the network administrator can remove any participants from his/her network and admit participants of other networks. At his/her discretion, the network administrator can make the network open or closed. A participant of any network can connect to any other open network.
- Telemail's mail societies are a new telecommunication tool having unique features.
- the method provided herein allows turning one's mailbox into an electronic post office (a virtual mail server based on the person's own address) with an unlimited number of second level addresses that can be used for forming a personal social network.
- Each of said second level addresses is a valid mail account of Telemail's mail service user.
- Society participants have second level mail addresses. Preferably, they are distinguished from the basic account of the administrator who built the society, for example, by a point added after the administrator's login: _ HYPERLINK "mailto:administrator_login.participant_login@telemail.ru"
- ivanov@telemail.ru is the basic account of the society administrator
- ivanov.alex@telemail.ru is the address of the participant alex of the society ivanov.
- family societies are a _ HYPERLINK "https://www.telemail.ru/pages/features.html7envelope" _protected_ family communication space.
- Head of family always has access to all the mailboxes of the family society and can always help his close people to work with their accounts, for example, to restore the lost or forgotten login or password.
- family members can change their family passwords to private ones following which they all will have individual access to their mailboxes.
- the administrator registers the required number of accounts as a list, produces and prints personal cards for those accounts and distributes the cards to the customers.
- the administrator has personal feedback with the customers through which he/she can distribute rebate coupons, new product/service ad etc..
- the customer receives a free protected mailbox and direct communication, e.g., with the manager (the society administrator/manager address is automatically added to the address books of all the participants/customers).
- the society administrator can at any time make his/her society an open (public) one or make it private (closed) again. Any user of Telemail.ru can join an open society. The society administrator may block any of the users who joined the society. Similarly, a user can at any time leave the society.
- the herein provided method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server allows any user of a mail service to create his/her own social network based on his/her mail account and fully manage that network. There is no need to permanently stay online with the network. As the communication between the network participants is effected via e-mail, all new posts and comments sent by network participants will be guaranteedly received by other network participants at any time of their convenience.
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
- Human Resources & Organizations (AREA)
- Strategic Management (AREA)
- Tourism & Hospitality (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Economics (AREA)
- Marketing (AREA)
- Computing Systems (AREA)
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation (AREA)
- Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- General Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
- Quality & Reliability (AREA)
- Data Mining & Analysis (AREA)
- Operations Research (AREA)
- Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
- Signal Processing (AREA)
- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Primary Health Care (AREA)
- Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)
Abstract
This invention relates to the Internet communication technologies and can be used for business, private life, remote education, religion ceremonies, sports, military activity, medical purposes as well in other aspects of life that require personal communication.
Description
Method of Establishing an Unlimited Number of Social Networks
Based on an E-Mail Server
This invention relates to the Internet communication technologies and can be used for business, private life, remote education, religion ceremonies, sports, military activity, medical purposes as well in other aspects of life that require personal communication.
More and more social network services emerge in the Internet. These resources gain increasing popularity in the network. According to Reuters, MySpace' site became the most visited resource in the US outrunning Yahoo! mail service this July. Myspace was visited by 4.46% of all Internet site visitors which is more than for Yahoo !, Mail, Google and Microsoft HotMail mail service. According to ComScore's analysts, the popularity of social network resources will keep on growing.
In fact, social networks emerged with the formation of society, but the idea that human interaction can be metaphorically represented as a network (the nodes which are individuals, and lines connecting them can be interpreted as a reflection of the interaction in pairs) emerged far later, but of course, long before the invention of the Internet. Back in 1902, the renowned sociologist Charles Cooley wrote: "A person can be represented as a point of intersection of any number of lines that represent the social groups, with the number of lines corresponds
to the number of groups that belong to the individual."
The term "social network" was introduced in 1954 by a sociologist James Barnes from Manchester School "The Classes and Meetings in Norwegian Island Parish", included in the collection of "human relations". In the second half of the 20th century the concept of "social networking" became very popular among Western scholars of society. Eventually, not only representatives of society were considered as the nodes of social networks, but also any other actors who might have social relationships, e.g. cities, states etc.
In the course of the development of social network analysis apparatus, terms emerged like analysis of social networks (Social Network Analysis, SNA), the theory of social networks, etc.
The construction and analysis of social network is used in various fields. Many entrepreneurs, for example, noted that the building of a new business plays an important role in their social network of relatives, friends, neighbors, buyers, sellers, lenders, etc. Analysts began to study different aspects of business development based on the use of SNA. Analysis of social networks gives interesting data in the study of collective behavior. The basis of various social organizations and movements, as a rule, are certain social context, and for joint action in the group a set of relationships is needed. Analysis of social networks is used in the study of emigration, etc.
When computers emerged, they found use for the visualization and quantitative analysis of social networks. When the Internet connected computers and people began to communicate in the web, computer
social networks emerged. It is safe to say that all the web space is a social network, which can be described as a large graph whose vertices are separate pages, and hyperlinks the arc of the graph that connect the vertices. Moreover, the structure of social networks (people and their acquaintance) and the structure of a Web network have much in common due to the presence of a social network component in both networks. Both networks are extremely nonuniform. Indeed, the social significance of different people is different, and so are the needs for the environment in building contacts with a specific person. To some extent, the social significance of people is defined by two parameters: their knowledge and their position (connections). Similarly, sites can be divided into two categories: the "authorities" (contain much useful information on a certain topic) and "hubs" (have many links - links to interesting sites). As shown by research experts from IBM, AltaVista, and Compaq, the structure of the web space is heterogeneous: it can distinguish the so- called core consisting of "hubs" and "authorities", and peripheral sites have little "weight" in the online community. During its life a site is either gaining weight and is included in the kernel, or dies.
The nature of relationships in social networks and on the Web can be very uneven.
Many Internet services that allow people to establish links to web automatically form a social network. At some point, service providers understood the need for a service whose main goal is the accumulation of social capital, i.e., personal business ties as a social network. The result was a web service to build social networks. Similar services are
also called social networking services, that is, services for education and maintenance of social circles and networks, operating through the Internet. Maintaining social networks is achieved by automating ad distribution to establish links between people. Most social network support is included in various types of services that require institution accounts, which allows storing personal data about users. This applies particularly to services that support personal communication between users. Contingent resources to build social networks can be divided into general community and the professional business community.
Known is (US Patent 7069308) a method of establishing social networks using web sites. However, despite the known advantages, such as immediate publishing of posts (ads, comments etc.), the possibility of seeing new posts in real time and the possibility of personalizing each social network participant with a visual graphical image (an avatar), said method has some disadvantages. In order not to miss important posts or simply to stay with the chat the participants have to permanently stay online on the social network site. This makes the participants of that social network (especially young people) spend most of their lives in front of the computer screen detracting from their useful social and labor activity in the real world. Known are deaths caused by too much obsession with computer games. A large social network is in fact just another computer game both in the number of users and in the total private or business time spend for it by users.
Another disadvantage of webs is that Internet access being suddenly
temporarily blocked, participants of relatively active social networks forcedly miss a number of posts hence being unable to maintain satisfactory communication with other social network participants.
The object of this invention is to provide a new method of establishing social networks retaining most of the advantages of webs while being free from the abovementioned disadvantages.
According to the herein provided method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server, a network is built on the basis of any mail server user account by the network administrator creating an unlimited number of new valid mail accounts for the participants of that social network. Preferably, but not necessarily, new accounts are created on the basis of the network administrator's account by adding to the network administrator's login the logins of new users and social network participants separated by a previously agreed character allowed by the mail server protocol. According to the embodiment of the method, the participants communicate through e-mail messages or via mailing lists. When working in the web the network administrator generates member cards in his her account for society participants having unique logins and passwords. When online the network administrator can control from his/her account the mailboxes of social network participants. Also the network administrator can fill from his/her account the list of contacts for the accounts of other social network participants. Furthermore, the network administrator can remove any participants from his/her network and admit participants of other networks. At his/her discretion, the network administrator can make the network open or
closed. A participant of any network can connect to any other open network.
Hereinafter the method provided herein will be disclosed based on the existing service methods of. _ HYPERLINK
"https://www.telemail.ru/" Telemail.ru_. Telemail's mail societies are a new telecommunication tool having unique features.
The method provided herein allows turning one's mailbox into an electronic post office (a virtual mail server based on the person's own address) with an unlimited number of second level addresses that can be used for forming a personal social network. Each of said second level addresses is a valid mail account of Telemail's mail service user.
Society participants have second level mail addresses. Preferably, they are distinguished from the basic account of the administrator who built the society, for example, by a point added after the administrator's login: _ HYPERLINK "mailto:administrator_login.participant_login@telemail.ru"
administrator_login.participant_login@telemail.ru_.
Examples: ivanov@telemail.ru is the basic account of the society administrator; ivanov.alex@telemail.ru is the address of the participant alex of the society ivanov.
An unlimited number of participants can be invited in the society, and all of them can have duly registered and valid free mailboxes on Telemail.ru. This allows forming a closed society for communication or joint work. Convenient mailing methods are envisioned within the
society. The administrator can automatically fill out the contact lists of the society participants. The personal card printing option allows one to advertise products or services.
Societies may vary.
For example, family societies are a _ HYPERLINK "https://www.telemail.ru/pages/features.html7envelope" _protected_ family communication space. In this case it is desirable to provide all the society members with single format accounts, e.g. last name based ones. Head of family always has access to all the mailboxes of the family society and can always help his close people to work with their accounts, for example, to restore the lost or forgotten login or password. However, if head of family permits, family members can change their family passwords to private ones following which they all will have individual access to their mailboxes.
Educational institutions of any level may use societies for free in their work. In a school society, a class tutor can create a subgroup for his/her class, and a teacher can create a subgroup for his/her subject. It can also be useful to create a separate society for the parents and the teachers.
Those educational societies allow circulating organizational information to each of their members: making announcements, forward and receive back home and personal assignments, pass tests and exams for ill students and even accomplish full-scale remote or external education. Pupils and parents communicate between themselves or with teachers via tm-mail that is not accessible to
unauthorized persons.
A shop, a club, a salon, a hotel, an enterprise or whatever other entities can run advertising campaigns via Telemail societies for free. The administrator registers the required number of accounts as a list, produces and prints personal cards for those accounts and distributes the cards to the customers. The administrator has personal feedback with the customers through which he/she can distribute rebate coupons, new product/service ad etc.. The customer receives a free protected mailbox and direct communication, e.g., with the manager (the society administrator/manager address is automatically added to the address books of all the participants/customers).
The society administrator can at any time make his/her society an open (public) one or make it private (closed) again. Any user of Telemail.ru can join an open society. The society administrator may block any of the users who joined the society. Similarly, a user can at any time leave the society.
Only the administrator who established a society can make it open or closed.
The herein provided method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server allows any user of a mail service to create his/her own social network based on his/her mail account and fully manage that network. There is no need to permanently stay online with the network. As the communication between the network participants is effected via e-mail, all new posts and comments sent by network participants will be guaranteedly
received by other network participants at any time of their convenience. Other differences from existing networks are the protection of participants' posts from interception; receipts being send from all the other participants who have read the senders' post; possibility for the sender to cancel his/her post before any other network participant has read it; possibility of generating top secret posts the information of which is completely deleted from the network server upon they are read by the addressee; possibility of generating ordered posts that will be automatically repeated to the addressee until being read.
Claims
1. Method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server wherein each network is built on the basis of any mail server user mail account by the network administrator creating an unlimited number of new valid mail accounts for the participants of that social network.
2. Method of Claim 1 wherein new accounts are created on the basis of the network administrator's account by adding to the network administrator's login a login of a new user and social network participant separated by a character allowed by the mail server protocol.
3. Method of Claim 1 wherein said social network participants communicate through e-mail messages.
4. Method of Claim 1 wherein said social network participants communicate via mailing lists.
5. Method of Claim 2 wherein said network administrator generates member cards in his/her account for society participants having unique logins and passwords.
6. Method of Claim 1 wherein said network administrator controls from his/her account the mailboxes of social network participants.
7. Method of Claim 1 wherein said network administrator fills from his/her account the list of contacts for the accounts of other social network participants.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/RU2011/000632 WO2013028089A1 (en) | 2011-08-22 | 2011-08-22 | Method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/RU2011/000632 WO2013028089A1 (en) | 2011-08-22 | 2011-08-22 | Method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| WO2013028089A1 true WO2013028089A1 (en) | 2013-02-28 |
Family
ID=47746669
Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/RU2011/000632 WO2013028089A1 (en) | 2011-08-22 | 2011-08-22 | Method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server |
Country Status (1)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| WO (1) | WO2013028089A1 (en) |
Citations (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US20050055404A1 (en) * | 2003-09-04 | 2005-03-10 | Information Processing Corporation | E-mail server registry and method |
| US7321437B2 (en) * | 2001-09-28 | 2008-01-22 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | E-mail to job retention |
| US7730142B2 (en) * | 2005-07-01 | 2010-06-01 | 0733660 B.C. Ltd. | Electronic mail system with functionality to include both private and public messages in a communication |
| US7756878B2 (en) * | 2005-03-31 | 2010-07-13 | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | E-mail response system |
-
2011
- 2011-08-22 WO PCT/RU2011/000632 patent/WO2013028089A1/en active Application Filing
Patent Citations (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7321437B2 (en) * | 2001-09-28 | 2008-01-22 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | E-mail to job retention |
| US20050055404A1 (en) * | 2003-09-04 | 2005-03-10 | Information Processing Corporation | E-mail server registry and method |
| US7756878B2 (en) * | 2005-03-31 | 2010-07-13 | At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | E-mail response system |
| US7730142B2 (en) * | 2005-07-01 | 2010-06-01 | 0733660 B.C. Ltd. | Electronic mail system with functionality to include both private and public messages in a communication |
Non-Patent Citations (2)
| Title |
|---|
| "Korporativny pochtovy server", 10 May 2011 (2011-05-10), Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://cit.zabedu.ru/index.php/mp-pr-zimbra> [retrieved on 20120402] * |
| RICHARD BLAM.: "Sistema elektronnoi pochty na osnove Linux. Saint-Petersburg, GPP", PECHATNY DVOR, 15 December 2000 (2000-12-15), pages 334, 337 * |
Similar Documents
| Publication | Publication Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Katsh | Dispute resolution in cyberspace | |
| Bartram | Internet recruitment and selection: Kissing frogs to find princes | |
| Salvation et al. | The influence of social network sites (SNS) upon academic performance of Malaysian students | |
| Van Aelst et al. | New media, new movements? The role of the internet in shaping the ‘anti‐globalization’movement | |
| Panteli et al. | Trust and temporary virtual teams: alternative explanations and dramaturgical relationships | |
| Van Der Land et al. | Does avatar appearance matter? How team visual similarity and member–avatar similarity influence virtual team performance | |
| Madge | 13 Internet Mediated Research | |
| Liff et al. | Community e-gateways: locating networks and learning for social inclusion | |
| Nandhakumar | Virtual teams and lost proximity: Consequences on trust relationships | |
| Kock | Encyclopedia of E-collaboration | |
| Wattanasupachoke | Success factors of online social networks | |
| Vorakulpipat et al. | Security and privacy issues in Social Networking sites from user's viewpoint | |
| Sumadevi et al. | Use of social media to promote library services in the digital age | |
| Bristy | Factors affecting the adoption of social network: A study of Facebook users in Bangladesh | |
| Churchill et al. | Culture vultures: Considering culture and communication in virtual environments | |
| Holmes et al. | 'Every group carries the flavour of the admins': leadership on Flickr | |
| Hunter et al. | A Framework for Analyzing Online Communities: Sponsor and Member Value Proposition | |
| Kerr et al. | Buddy bots: How turing's fast friends are undermining consumer privacy | |
| WO2013028089A1 (en) | Method of establishing an unlimited number of social networks based on an e-mail server | |
| Baltezarevic31 et al. | Virtual communication’s skills-view through the social media and situation in Serbia | |
| Dessain et al. | Human resources marketing and recruiting: Essentials of recruiting events | |
| Schrum et al. | The evolution of workplace tools for group communications and collaboration | |
| Lakshmi | A competitive study on clouds computing, service orientation architecture and web services in enterprise network application | |
| Bietila et al. | Beyond the buzz: Planning library Facebook initiatives grounded in user needs | |
| CASTRO | Social Networks and Their Effects on Productivity: Insights of Selected Employees in the Kingdom Of Bahrain |
Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application |
Ref document number: 11871178 Country of ref document: EP Kind code of ref document: A1 |
|
| NENP | Non-entry into the national phase |
Ref country code: DE |
|
| 32PN | Ep: public notification in the ep bulletin as address of the adressee cannot be established |
Free format text: NOTING OF LOSS OF RIGHTS PURSUANT TO RULE 112(1) EPC (EPO FORM 1205N DATED 29/04/2014) |
|
| 122 | Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase |
Ref document number: 11871178 Country of ref document: EP Kind code of ref document: A1 |