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SYSTEM, METHOD, AND SERVICE FOR INDUCING A PATTERN OF COMMUNICATION AMONG VARIOUS PARTIES

  • US 20080307326A1
  • Filed: 08/14/2008
  • Published: 12/11/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product having executable instruction codes for inducing a pattern of communication among a plurality of parties communicating information, comprising the executable instructions for:

  • receiving during a first episode, for each party of a plurality of parties information that describes a topic that is discussed by at least some parties of the plurality of parties at a predetermined and a time of occurrence of discussion;

    preparing a transmission graph illustrative of the pattern of communication, wherein the transmission graph illustrates at least some of the parties as nodes and a plurality of edges that interconnect at least some of the nodes, and wherein the transmission graph establishes a pattern of distribution of propagation of discussion of the topic among the plurality of parties; and

    outputting the transmission graph storing the transmission graph on a storage repository;

    predicting a propagation pattern of the second episode using the pattern of distribution of propagation established for the first episode and an initial fragment of propagation of discussion of a subsequent second episode; and

    outputting on a display of a computer system the propagation pattern of the second episode.

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