SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING THE GATHERING OF OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE
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Abstract
Systems and methods (e.g., utilities) for use in providing automated, lightweight collection of online, open source data which may be content-based to reduce website source bias. In one aspect, a utility is disclosed for use in extracting content of interest from at least one website or other online data source (e.g., where the extracted content can be used in a subsequent search query). In other aspects, utilities are disclosed that are operable to perform various types of analyses on such extracted content and present graphical representations of such analyses on a display of a client device.
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45 Claims
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32. A system for use in determining an influence of sentiment expressed in a post of an author of an online information flow network on the posts of one or more other authors in the network, the system comprising:
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a processing module; and a memory module logically connected to the processing module and comprising a set of computer readable instructions executable by the processing module to; receive information related to a plurality of online posts, wherein each of the online posts is associated with at least one author; obtain, from the information, a listing of online posts that refer to one or more other online posts, wherein any online post that refers to another online post comprises a “
secondary post” and
wherein any online post that is referred to by another online post comprises a “
primary post”
;build an information flow network that includes a plurality of information flow links that connect and represent information flows from primary posts to secondary posts; first determine a sentiment of each of a primary post and one or more secondary posts of the primary post; second determine a sentiment influence of the at least one author of the primary post in the information flow network using the sentiment of the primary post and one or more secondary posts; and present, on a display, a graphical representation of the sentiment influence of the at least one author of the primary post in the information flow network. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for use in determining an influence of sentiment expressed in a post of an author of an online information flow network on the posts of one or more other authors in the network, the method comprising:
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receiving information related to a plurality of online posts, wherein each of the online posts is associated with at least one author; obtaining, from the information, a listing of online posts that refer to one or more other online posts, wherein any online post that refers to another online post comprises a “
secondary post” and
wherein any online post that is referred to by another online post comprises a “
primary post”
;building an information flow network that includes a plurality of information flow links that connect and represent information flows from primary posts to secondary posts; first determining, using a processor, a sentiment of each of a primary post and one or more secondary posts of the primary post; second determining, using the processor, a sentiment influence of the at least one author of the primary post in the information flow network using the sentiment of the primary post and one or more secondary posts; and presenting, on a display, a graphical representation of the sentiment influence of the at least one author of the primary post in the information flow network. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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