System and method for identifying information
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for identifying digital communications, or analog communications which have been converted to digital, having content considered to be abnormal, undesirable or otherwise inappropriate. The use of specific words are analyzed in the context in which they were used. Digital communications may be monitored and continuously updated to reflect the likelihood that the originator of the message or message stream is engaged in inappropriate communications. Monitoring may be directed to online chat room conversations, email messages or messages posted to an online bulletin board. The level of digital conversation may be correlated to a color scheme indicative of the normality of the conversation. This color scheme may then be used to determine if the ability of a particular user to continue to provide messages should be limited. In this manner, a single individual performing a monitoring function may easily monitor a plurality of text-based conversations. Various embodiments are described.
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66 Claims
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1-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. A method of analyzing a digital communication, comprising:
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assigning a word value to each of a plurality of words;
identifying a predetermined portion of said digital communication, said predetermined portion to contain one or more words;
identifying a subset of the one or more words in said predetermined portion; and
determining a message value for said predetermined portion, said message value corresponding to the word values of said selected subset, said message value to be indicative of the likelihood that said message relates to a predetermined subject. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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53. An apparatus to analyze a digital communication, comprising:
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a memory including at least one instruction; and
a processor coupled to said memory, the processor, in response to the at least one instruction, to, assign a word value to each of a plurality of words, select a predetermined portion of said digital communication, said predetermined portion to contain one or more words, identify a subset of the one or more words in said predetermined portion, and determine a message value for said predetermined portion, said message value corresponding to the word values of said subset of the one or more words, said message value to be indicative of the likelihood that said message relates to a predetermined subject. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66-76. -76. (canceled)
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