System and method for user preference augmentation through social network inner-circle knowledge discovery

A system comprising:

• a server capable of retrieving information elements, the servers comprising an information element cleanup module and a natural language pre-processing module;
• a first database in communication with the server, the first database comprising attributes associated with each information element;
• a second database in communication with the server, the second database comprising indexed information elements transformed by the natural language pre-processing module;
• a third database in communication with the server and comprising user preference models;
• a processor in communication with the first, second, and third databases, the processor configured to evaluate indexed information elements based on a user preference model in the third database and determine a subset of the information elements relevant to a user based on the evaluation;
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• a client device in communication with the third database and the processor, the client device configured to receive the determined subset of information elements from the processor, display the subset, and receive user input regarding each information element of the subset.

A method for providing a user with organized information elements and information element suggestions, the user having a user preference model, the method comprising the steps of:

• monitoring information sources that provide information elements;
• retrieving one or more information elements from the information sources, each retrieved information element having a link and a timestamp;
• assigning a unique identifier to each information element, each unique identifier being a hashed output of the information element's link and timestamp;
• assigning one or more tags to each information element;
• storing the unique identifier and the one or more tags assigned to each information element in a first database;
• storing the information elements in a second database, the information elements accessible by the unique identifier;
• calculating a user-specific score for each information element, the element-specific score based on the user's preference model and the tags assigned to each information element;
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• providing the user with organized information elements and information element suggestions based on the element-specific score calculated for each information element.

A system comprising:

• a processor configured to retrieve information elements;
• an information element cleanup module in communication with the processor;
• a natural language pre-processing module, in communication with the processor;
• a database in communication with the processor, the database comprising attributes associated with each information element, indexed information elements processed by the natural language pre-processing module, and user preference modules;
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• a client device in communication with the database and the processor,
• wherein the processor is configured to evaluate indexed information elements based on a user preference model and determine a subset of the information elements relevant to a user based on the evaluation;
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• wherein the client device is configured to receive the determined subset of information elements, display the subset of information elements, and receive user input regarding each information element of the subset.