Systems and methods for consumer-generated media reputation management

• US 10,235,016 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2016
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cision US Inc. (Cision Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Cision US Inc. (Cision Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ward, Miles, Webber, James, Graziano, Dean M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Titcomb, William
• Application Number:
  US15/067,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20160196019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 715764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26603 for automatically generating descriptors from content, e.g. when it is not made available by its provider, using content analysis techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

A method implementable in at least one electronic device coupled to a network and a display device, includes receiving, over the network, a data set, receiving, from a user, a selection of a first topic, determining, based on the data set, a plurality of network sites hosting commentary of the first topic and an authority level of each site of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, an authority level of each site of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, a plurality of authors providing the commentary hosted by the plurality of network sites, determining, based on the data set, an authority level of each author of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, a value characterizing an opinion of each author on the first topic.

Claims

1. A method implementable in at least one electronic device coupled to a network and a display device, comprising the steps of:

receiving, over the network, a data set;

generating to the display device a menu of topics based on the received data set and selectable by a user of the display device;

determining, in response to a user selection of a first topic from the menu and based on the received data set, at least one network site hosting content relevant to the user selected first topic;

determining, based on a quantity of comments pertaining to the first topic and posted to the at least one network site, a first authority level of the at least one network site;

determining, based on the data set, at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic hosted by the at least one network site;

determining, based on a quantity of comments posted in response to a comment by the at least one author, a second authority level of the at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic; and

generating, in response to the user selected first topic, a set of icons within a user interface representing the at least one network site and the at least one author, said icons being presented based on the determined first and second authority levels.

2. A method implementable in at least one electronic device coupled to a network and a display device, comprising the steps of:

receiving, over the network, a data set;

generating to the display device a menu of topics based on the received data set and selectable by a user of the display device;

determining, in response to a user selection of a first topic from the menu and based on the received data set, at least one network site hosting content relevant to the user selected first topic;

determining, based on a quantity of comments pertaining to the first topic and posted to the at least one network site, a first authority level of at the at least one network site;

determining, based on the data set, at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic hosted by the at least one network site;

determining, based on a quantity of comments posted in response to a comment by the at least one author, a second authority level of the at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic;

determining, based on the data set, a value characterizing content contributed by the at least one author on the first topic; and

generating responsive media content based on said data set and authority level and on the user'"'"'s behalf wherein said responsive media content can be predetermined within a user interface by the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein generating responsive media content on the user'"'"'s behalf further includes selection of a predetermined selection of responsive media content from the group comprising:

collecting follow up comments, aggregating follow up comments, enabling user to engage in interactive conversation, or management of said interactive responses in a workflow manager.

4. At least one computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by at least one electronic device coupled to a network and a display device, enable the at least one electronic device to perform a method comprising the steps of:

receiving, over the network, a data set;

generating to the display device a menu of topics based on the received data set and selectable by a user of the display device;

determining, in response to a user selection of a first topic from the menu and based on the received data set, at least one network site hosting content relevant to the user selected first topic;

determining, based on a quantity of comments pertaining to the first topic and posted to the at least one network site, a first authority level of the at least one network site;

determining, based on the data set, at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic hosted by the at least one network site;

determining, based on a quantity of comments posted in response to a comment by the at least one author, a second authority level of the at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic; and

generating, in response to the user selected first topic, a set of icons within a user interface representing the at least one network site and the at least one author, said icons being presented based on the determined first and second authority levels.