Coherency of related objects
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsNathan A. Baker, James D. Creasman, Barry J. Pellas, Adrian P. Vrouwenvelder
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Abstract
A service, which in one embodiment is a fashion social network, applies pre-defined criteria to items proposed for selection by a user, in order to determine if the proposed items are compatible with descriptive attributes and/or current possessions of the user.
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A computer-implemented method of retrieving shared subjective opinions, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- a first computing device scanning current descriptive information about current possessions of a user;
- receiving, from a second computing device, new descriptive information about a new item, wherein the new descriptive information is derived by the second computing device scanning the new item;
- consulting with a service to determine if the new item matches a pre-defined criterion that has been set for the new item, wherein the service is a social network, and wherein the social network provides a group consensus that determines whether the new item matches the pre-defined criterion, and wherein the pre-defined criterion is based on a user's descriptive data for the user and the current descriptive information about the current possessions of the user;
- presenting a recommendation to the user based on whether the new item matches the pre-defined criterion, wherein the new item is a physical tool needed for a craft project;
- and
- the first computing device querying the service to determine what additional tools, beyond those presently owned by the user, are needed for the user to complete the craft project, wherein the service is dedicated to advice related to the craft project.
A computer-implemented social network, wherein the computer-implemented social network comprises:
- a server;
- a database that is accessible to the server;
- and
- a graphical user interface (GUI) generator, wherein the GUI generator transmits a GUI, via a computer network, to a member of a social network, wherein the social network provides a group consensus as to whether a new item matches a pre-defined criterion that has been set for the new item, wherein the pre-defined criterion is based on a user's descriptive data for the user and current descriptive information about current possessions of the user, and wherein the GUI is configured to:
- receive member-provided input regarding information about the current possessions of a user;
- receive new descriptive information about the new item;
- provide a portal for consulting with the social network to determine if the new item matches the pre-defined criterion that has been set for the new item;
- and wherein the new item is a physical tool needed for a craft project, and wherein the computer-implemented social network is further configured to determine what additional tools, beyond those presently owned by the user, are needed for the user to complete the craft project, wherein the computer-implemented social network is dedicated to advice relation to the craft project;
- and wherein the server is configured to share the member-provided input stored in the database with users of the social network.
A computer program product for retrieving shared subjective opinions, said computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored and encoded thereon;
- first program instructions executable by a processor to receive a user's descriptive data, wherein the user's descriptive data describes descriptive attributes of a user;
- second program instructions executable by a processor to scan current descriptive information about current possessions of the user;
- third program instructions executable by a processor to scan new descriptive information about a new item;
- fourth program instructions executable by a processor to contact a service to determine if the new item matches a pre-defined criterion that has been established for the new item, wherein the service is a social network, and wherein the social network provides a group consensus as to whether the new item matches the pre-defined criterion wherein the pre-defined criterion is based on the descriptive attributes of the user and the current descriptive information about the current possessions of the user;
- and
- fifth program instructions executable by a processor to present a recommendation to the user to select or reject the new item, wherein the recommendation is based on whether the new item matches the pre-defined criterion, wherein the new item is a physical tool needed for a craft project;
- and
- sixth program instructions executable by a processor to cause the service to determine what additional tools, beyond those presently owned by the users, are needed for the user to complete the craft project, wherein the service is dedicated to advice related to the craft project.
A computer system comprising:
- a central processing unit (CPU), a computer readable memory, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
- first program instructions to receive a user's descriptive data, wherein the user's descriptive data describes descriptive attributes of a user;
- second program instructions to scan current descriptive information about current possessions of the user;
- third program instructions to scan new descriptive information about a new item;
- fourth program instructions to contact a service to determine if the new item matches a pre-defined criterion that has been established for the new item, wherein the service is a social network, and wherein the social network provides a group consensus as to whether the new item matches the pre-defined criterion wherein the pre-defined criterion is based on the descriptive attributes of the user and the current descriptive information about the current possessions of the user;
- fifth program instructions to present a recommendation to the user to select or reject the new item, wherein the recommendation is based on whether the new item matches the pre-defined criterion, wherein the new item is a physical tool needed for a craft project;
- and
- sixth program instructions executable by a processor to cause the service to determine what additional tools, beyond those presently owned by the user, are needed for the user to complete the craft project, wherein the service is dedicated to advice related to the craft project;
- and wherein
- said first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth program instructions are stored on said non-transitory computer readable storage medium for execution by said CPU via said computer readable memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.