Systems and methods for dynamically determining influencers in a social data network using weighted analysis
US9262537B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0201
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
System and methods performed by a server for determining weighted influence in social networks, including: determining posts related to the topic; characterizing each post as one or more of: a reply post, a mention post, and a re-posting; generating a group of user accounts comprising any user account that authored a posting to which is replied, being mentioned in the mention post, that posted content being re-posted, and/or that authored one or more posts that are related to the topic; representing each of the user accounts as a node in the group in a connected graph and establishing an edge between one or more pair of nodes when there is a follower-followee relationship between the nodes; and for each edge between nodes, determining a weighting that is a function of one or more of: a number of mention posts, a number of reply posts, and a number of re-posts.
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