System and method for using network data to improve event predictions
US10452729B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 19, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/958
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described is a system for event prediction on microblogs. In operation, the system receives a social media post stream from a social network to generate and maintain a social network database and an audit trail database. New social media posts are filtered to determine if the new social media posts are related to a possible future event. The new social media posts are compared against the social network database and audit trail database to provide a quality score, the quality score representing a likelihood that at least one of the new social media posts is a true prediction of a future event. If the quality score is determined to be true, the detection is published as a true prediction of a future event.
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