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METHOD OF CHARACTERIZING A SOCIAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION USING MOTIFS

  • US 20120290649A1
  • Filed: 05/10/2011
  • Published: 11/15/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for characterizing a network communication, for each communication interaction between two users, uio, uid, of said network, the method comprising:

  • obtaining a temporal annotation ti of each communication interaction, and a duration δ

    i of each communication interaction,characterizing, using a computer system, said network communication, thereby creating a communication graph C;

    wherein a first communication interaction and a second communication interaction within the network are considered for characterization of such network and form part of a communication graph C if;

    a) said first and second communication interactions have at least one user in common; and

    ,b) the time lapsed between the end of the first communication interaction and the beginning of the second communication interaction is within a pre-established time window W;

    wherein each communication graph Cij is formed by i unique users and j communication interactions that fulfil the conditions a) and b) set before.

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