Identifying and Changing Personal Information
First Claim
1. A method for determining a reputation score representing a reputation of a user comprising:
- collecting, at a computer, at least one search result from a data source via a search engine based on a search term identifying the user;
identifying a contextual token describing the user within a string of words surrounding a relevancy-indicating token in the at least one search result;
determining an effect of the at least one search result on the reputation of the user based on whether the identified contextual token is a contextually-positive token improving the reputation of the user or a contextually-negative token adversely affecting the reputation of the user;
associating the identified contextual token with a numerical weight based on the determined effect; and
calculating the reputation score representing the reputation of the user based on the associated numerical weight.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing information about a user are presented which include obtaining at least one search result based on at least one search terms describing the user; presenting the at least one search result to the user; receiving an indication from the user of the desirability of a search result; and performing an action based on the desirability of the search result. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are also presented for determining a reputation score representing the reputation of a user which include collecting search results from data source, determining an effect on the reputation of the user of the search results from the data source, and calculating a reputation score for the user based on the determined effect on the reputation of the user from the search results from the data source.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for determining a reputation score representing a reputation of a user comprising:
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collecting, at a computer, at least one search result from a data source via a search engine based on a search term identifying the user; identifying a contextual token describing the user within a string of words surrounding a relevancy-indicating token in the at least one search result; determining an effect of the at least one search result on the reputation of the user based on whether the identified contextual token is a contextually-positive token improving the reputation of the user or a contextually-negative token adversely affecting the reputation of the user; associating the identified contextual token with a numerical weight based on the determined effect; and calculating the reputation score representing the reputation of the user based on the associated numerical weight. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for determining the reputation of a user comprising:
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at least one computing processor configured to; obtain at least one search result from a data source via a search engine based on at least one search term identifying the user; identify a contextual token describing the user within a string of words surrounding a relevancy-indicating token in the at least one search result; determine the effect of the at least one search result on reputation of the user based on whether the identified contextual token is a contextually-positive token or a contextually-negative token; associate the identified contextual token with a numerical weight based on the determined effect; and calculate a reputation score for the user based on the associated numerical weight.
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16. A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to perform a method for determining a reputation score representing a reputation of a user, the method comprising:
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obtaining at least one search result from a data source via a search engine based on at least one search term identifying the user; identifying a contextual token describing the user within a string of words surrounding a relevancy-indicating token in the at least one search result; determining an effect of the at least one search result on a reputation of the user based on whether the identified contextual token is a contextually-positive token or a contextually-negative token; associating the identified contextual token with a numerical weight based on the determined effect; and calculating a reputation score for the user based on the associated numerical weight.
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