System and methods for popularity and influence indicators and commercial incentives based on object-related social network referrals

A computer-implemented method for creating a user influence indicator for one or more objects (defined as an entity that may be referred or shared on a social network, such as one or more of a file, a music piece, a video, a photograph, a picture, an article, a discussion, a post, a group of text, a user comment, a user profile, user data, a link to another page, a link to another application, a link to a file, a file, a document, or a community), based on a number of social network connections to whom the object(s) was (were) referred, the method comprising:

• offering one or more object referral activities to a user through a network;
• identifying the user and obtaining access to required social reach data on one or more social networks;
• retrieving a number from said one or more social networks, wherein said number represents social network connections with whom the user shared a reference to the object(s) on one or more social networks, optionally meeting one or more conditions based on the social network connection's social profile, the type or timing of the referral, whether the social network connection further acted on the referral, or a combination thereof;
• creating the object-specific influence indicator of the user based at least in part on said number;
• and
• generating code for, when executed, displaying the object-specific influence indicator of the user on a client device, using it as a variable for further computer-based processing operations, or storing, in a tangible storage medium, the resulting value(s).

A computer-implemented method for creating an indicator consisting of a number of social network connections to whom a user could refer a given object on one or more social networks, the method comprising:

• identifying and accessing required user's social reach data on one or more social networks;
• retrieving a number from said one or more social networks, wherein said number represents social network connections with whom the user shared a reference to the object on one or more social networks, optionally meeting one or more conditions based on the social network connection's social profile, the type of relationship between the social connections and the use, or a combination thereof;
• and
• generating code for, when executed, displaying the said number on a client device, using it as a variable for further computer-based processing operations, or storing, in a tangible storage medium, the resulting value(s).

A computer program product for creating a popularity indicator for an object (defined as an entity that may be referred or shared on a social network, such as one or more of a file, a music piece, a video, a photograph, a picture, an article, a discussion, a post, a group of text, a user comment, a user profile, user data, a link to another page, a link to another application, a link to a file, a file, a document, or a community) based on the number of social network connections to whom the object was referred, the method comprising:

• offering one or more object referral activities to a user over a network;
• identifying the user and obtaining access to required social reach data on one or more social networks;
• retrieving a number from said one or more social networks, wherein said number represents social network connections with whom the user shared a reference to the object on one or more social networks, optionally meeting one or more conditions based on the social network connection's social profile, the type or timing of the referral, whether the social network connection further acted on the referral, or a combination thereof;
• creating the popularity indicator of the object based at least in part on said number, and
• generating code for, when executed, displaying the popularity indicator of the object on a client device, using it as a variable for further computer-based processing operations, or storing, in a tangible storage medium, the resulting value(s).

A computer program product for creating a user influence indicator for one or more objects (defined as an entity that may be referred or shared on a social network, such as one or more of a file, a music piece, a video, a photograph, a picture, an article, a discussion, a post, a group of text, a user comment, a user profile, user data, a link to another page, a link to another application, a link to a file, a file, a document, or a community), based on a number of social network connections to whom the object(s) was (were) referred, the method comprising:

• offering one or more object referral activities to a user through a network;
• identifying the user and obtaining access to required social reach data on one or more social networks;
• retrieving a number from said one or more social networks, wherein said number represents social network connections with whom the user shared a reference to the object(s) on one or more social networks, optionally meeting one or more conditions based on the social network connection's social profile, the type or timing of the referral, whether the social network connection further acted on the referral, or a combination thereof;
• creating the object-specific influence indicator of the user based at least in part on said number;
• and
• generating code for, when executed, displaying the object-specific influence indicator of the user on a client device, using it as a variable for further computer-based processing operations, or storing, in a tangible storage medium, the resulting value(s).

A computer program product for creating an indicator consisting of a number of social network connections to whom a user could refer a given object on one or more social networks, the method comprising:

• identifying and accessing required user's social reach data on one or more social networks;
• retrieving a number from said one or more social networks, wherein said number represents social network connections with whom the user shared a reference to the object on one or more social networks, optionally meeting one or more conditions based on the social network connection's social profile, the type of relationship between the social connections and the use, or a combination thereof;
• and
• generating code for, when executed, displaying the said number on a client device, using it as a variable for further computer-based processing operations, or storing, in a tangible storage medium, the resulting value(s).