Performing sentiment analysis
US9009024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 24, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/01
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a computer-implemented method of performing sentiment analysis. An exemplary method comprises identifying one or more sentences in a microblog. The microblog comprises an entity. The method further includes identifying one or more opinion words in the sentences based on an opinion lexicon. Additionally, the method includes determining, for each of the sentences, an opinion value for the entity. The opinion value is determined based on an opinion value for each of the opinion words in an opinion lexicon.
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