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Social media data mining for early detection of newsworthy civil unrest events

US9953080B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 2014
Grant dateApr 24, 2018
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/101
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described is system for early detection of civil unrest events. A set of textual social media data having corresponding user identifications is received as input. The textual social media data is filtered with a keyword filter, resulting in a first set of data comprising keywords of interest. The first set of data is then filtered with a future date filter, resulting in a second set of data comprising future dates. The second set of data is filtered based on relevance to a civil unrest event with a text classifier module, resulting in a third set of data that is classified based on relevance to the civil unrest event. The third set of data is then filtered based on a location of interest, resulting in a fourth set of data having user identifications in the location of interest. A location is assigned to the civil unrest event, and a forecast of the civil unrest event is output.

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