Product Review Platform Based on Social Connections

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for managing product reviews for users based on their social data, wherein the social data may comprise data associated with or inferred from the users' social connections.

1 . A computer-implemented method of managing video reviews, comprising:
 identifying, by a processor, a list of features for one of a plurality of categories to which a product or service belongs;   receiving, by the processor, social data regarding a social connection related to a first user and a second user,   the social data indicating a specific number of instances by a device of the second user of commenting or voting on at least one segment of at least one video review generated by a device of the first user, the at least one segment corresponding to at least one of the list of features;   receiving a specific video review of the product or service generated by the device of the first user,   the specific video review including one or more segments respectively demonstrating one or more of the list of features,   determining whether the device of the second user is to have access to the specific video review based on the social data;   in response to a positive determination, sending, to the device of the second user, information regarding the one segment of the specific video review.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , the determining further comprising:
 applying unsupervised learning over numbers of instances by devices of other users of commenting or voting on segments of video reviews generated by the device of the first user;   comparing the specific number of instances with a result of the applying.   
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , the determining further comprising computing a certain number of instances out of the specific number of instances based on a subset of the at least one segment corresponding to the one or more features. 
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , the determining further comprising:
 identifying a rating for each of the specific number of instances;   comparing the specific number of ratings with one or more thresholds.   
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving a rating, on the one segment of the specific video review from the device of the second user. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5 , further comprising updating the social data based on the rating. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 computing a score for the specific video review with respect to the device of the second user based on the social data and the rating;   establishing, when an aggregate score over a set of video reviews generated by the device of first the user device exceeds a specific threshold, an automatic feed of video reviews generated by the device of the first user to the device of the second user.   
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 7 , further comprising, when the aggregate score over a second set of video reviews generated by the device of the first user falls below a second threshold, cancelling the automatic feed of video reviews. 
     
     
         9 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the specific video review enabling a click-through to an e-commerce site where the product or service is available for purchase,   receiving a notification of an occurrence of the click-through or a corresponding e-commerce transaction;   updating the social data based on the notification.   
     
     
         10 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 ,
 the specific video review including timing information indicating a start time and an end time of the one segment within the specific video review,   the specific video review including feature information indicating the one segment corresponding to a certain one of the one or more features.   
     
     
         11 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, from an external system, a relationship status between an account of the first user and an account of the second user with the external system;   updating the social data based on the relationship status.   
     
     
         12 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising updating the plurality of categories or the list of features based on request from a remote device through an application programming interface. 
     
     
         13 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising building the plurality of categories,
 one of the plurality of categories having a product allowed attribute indicating whether a product may be classified directly into the one category.   
     
     
         14 . One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of managing video reviews, the method comprising:
 identifying a list of features for one of a plurality of categories to which a product or service belongs;   receiving social data regarding a social connection related to a first user and a second user,   the social data indicating a specific number of instances by a device of the second user of commenting or voting on at least one segment of at least one video review generated by a device of the first user, the at least one segment corresponding to at least one of the list of features;   receiving a specific video review of the product or service generated by the device of the first user,   the specific video review including one or more segments respectively demonstrating one or more of the list of features,   determining whether the device of the second user is to have access to the specific video review based on the social data;   in response to a positive determination, sending, to the device of the second user, information regarding the one segment of the specific video review.   
     
     
         15 . The one or more non-transitory storage media of  claim 14 , the determining further comprising:
 identifying a rating for each of the specific number of instances;   comparing the specific number of ratings with one or more thresholds.   
     
     
         16 . The one or more non-transitory storage media of  claim 14 , the method further comprising receiving a rating, on the one segment of the specific video review from the device of the second user. 
     
     
         17 . The one or more non-transitory storage media of  claim 16 , the method further comprising:
 computing a score for the specific video review with respect to the device of the second user based on the social data and the rating;   establishing, when an aggregate score over a set of video reviews generated by the device of first the user device exceeds a specific threshold, an automatic feed of video reviews generated by the device of the first user to the device of the second user.   
     
     
         18 . The one or more non-transitory storage media of  claim 14 , the method further comprising:
 the specific video review enabling a click-through to an e-commerce site where the product or service is available for purchase,   receiving a notification of an occurrence of the click-through or a corresponding e-commerce transaction;   updating the social data based on the notification.   
     
     
         19 . The one or more non-transitory storage media of  claim 14 ,
 the specific video review including timing information indicating a start time and an end time of the one segment within the specific video review,   the specific video review including feature information indicating the one segment corresponding to a certain one of the one or more features.   
     
     
         20 . The one or more non-transitory storage media of  claim 14 , the method further comprising updating the plurality of categories or the list of features based on request from a remote device through an application programming interface.