Systems and methods for determining visibility and reputation of a user on the internet

US8650189B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Reputation.com, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Benjamin Selkowe Fertik · Palo Alto, US
• Thomas Gerardo Dignan · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 21, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q90/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus comprises a visibility module configured to derive a hit visibility score for one or more hits from an information source, wherein the one or more hits are directed to a target entity, and wherein the hit visibility score indicates a likelihood that a corresponding hit is found by a searcher after the searcher searches for the target entity in the information source; a sentiment module configured to derive a hit sentiment score for at least one of the one or more hits, wherein the hit sentiment score indicates a sentiment about the target entity conveyed by the at least one of the one or more hits; and a reputation module configured to derive a reputation for the target entity based on the hit visibility score and the hit sentiment score.