System and Method for Target Profiling Using Social Network Analysis
First Claim
1. A method of assembling information, comprising the steps of:
- identifying properties of a target individual;
building an initial social circle of the target individual by crawling a plurality of web sites to identify direct and indirect associations thereof;
deriving references to the target individual from the direct and indirect associations; and
compiling a dossier on the target individual from the references to the target individual.
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Abstract
A profile or dossier of a user is constructed based partly on data culled from a data network that reveals indirect, network-mediated relationships with other individuals and groups. The profile is assembled from information, such as properties of a target individual to build an initial social circle of the target individual. References to the target individual can be derived from the direct and indirect associations in order to compile a dossier on the target individual from the references to the target individual. The initial social circle may be expanded by building respective new social circles having new associations by crawling a plurality of web sites, and deriving additional references to the target individual from the new associations in the new social circles. According to a further aspect of the method, compiling a dossier includes extracting metadata from the references.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of assembling information, comprising the steps of:
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identifying properties of a target individual; building an initial social circle of the target individual by crawling a plurality of web sites to identify direct and indirect associations thereof; deriving references to the target individual from the direct and indirect associations; and compiling a dossier on the target individual from the references to the target individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer software product, including a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in which computer program instructions are stored, which instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of:
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identifying properties of a target individual; building an initial social circle of the target individual by crawling a plurality of web sites to identify direct and indirect associations thereof; deriving references to the target individual from the direct and indirect associations; and compiling a dossier on the target individual from the references to the target individual. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A data processing system, comprising:
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a processor; a memory accessible to the processor storing programs and data objects therein, the programs including a wizard, wherein execution of the programs cause the processor to perform the steps of; using the wizard for identifying properties of a target individual; building an initial social circle of the target individual by crawling a plurality of web sites to identify direct and indirect associations thereof; deriving references to the target individual from the direct and indirect associations; and compiling a dossier on the target individual from the references to the target individual. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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