Visualization of real-time social data informatics

A data processing system for formatting a display of data corresponding to a current activity of a user on a network, comprising:

• a bus system;
• a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores a set of instructions;
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• a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to receive a contact list, tags of interest, and visual indicators associated with the user from a client device via the network, wherein the user associates a visual indicator with each of the tags of interest, and wherein the visual indicator is one of a user-defined color or a user-defined shape, and wherein the visual indicator identifies data being browsed by the user and contacts listed in the contact list associated with the user;
• receive a real time broadcast of a current activity of the user on the network;
• select a tag of interest associated with the user that is most relevant to the current activity of the user;
• receive real time broadcasts of current activities on the network of contacts listed in the contact list associated with the user;
• select tags of interest associated with each of the contacts in the contact list that are most relevant to the current activities of each of the contacts;
• compare the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user with the tags of interest selected most relevant to the current activities of the contacts;
• select contacts having a matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user;
• calculate a priority score for each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest based on a strength of relationship between the user and the contacts regarding the current activity of the user;
• and transmit the data corresponding to the current activity of the user to each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and a priority score above a priority threshold, wherein the processing unit combines the visual indicator associated with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user with different visual indicators associated with the contacts having the matching tag of interest and the priority score above the priority threshold to form a single combined visual indicator providing visualization of cross-collaboration of the data being browsed by the user and each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and the priority score above the priority threshold.

A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied thereon that is executable by a computer for formatting a display of data corresponding to a current activity of a user on a network, the computer program product comprising:

• computer usable program code for receiving a contact list, tags of interest, and visual indicators associated with the user from a client device via the network, wherein the user associates a visual indicator with each of the tags of interest, and wherein the visual indicator is one of a user-defined color or a user-defined shape, and wherein the visual indicator identifies data being browsed by the user and contacts listed in the contact list associated with the user;
• computer usable program code for receiving a real time broadcast of a current activity of the user on the network;
• computer usable program code for selecting a tag of interest associated with the user that is most relevant to the current activity of the user;
• computer usable program code for receiving real time broadcasts of current activities on the network of contacts listed in the contact list associated with the user;
• computer usable program code for selecting tags of interest associated with each of the contacts in the contact list that are most relevant to the current activities of each of the contacts;
• computer usable program code for comparing the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user with the tags of interest selected most relevant to the current activities of the contacts;
• computer usable program code for selecting contacts having a matching tag of interest with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user;
• computer usable program code for calculating a priority score for each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest based on a strength of relationship between the user and the contacts regarding the current activity of the user;
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• computer usable program code for transmitting the data corresponding to the current activity of the user to each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and a priority score above a priority threshold, wherein the computer combines the visual indicator associated with the tag of interest selected most relevant to the current activity of the user with different visual indicators associated with the contacts having the matching tag of interest and the priority score above the priority threshold to form a single combined visual indicator providing visualization of cross-collaboration of the data being browsed by the user and each of the contacts having the matching tag of interest and the priority score above the priority threshold.