Identify experts and influencers in a social network
US9252961B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/103
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
On embodiment accesses a set of information comprising one or more elements of information relating to a subject matter, wherein the one or more elements of information have been shared among one or more users of a social-networking system; for each element of information, determines a rate of sharing of the element of information among the one or more users and identifies one or more first users who cause the rate of sharing of the element of information to increase; and identifies one or more influencers associated with the subject matter from the one or more first users identified for each element of information.
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