Systems and methods for customized filtering and analysis of social media content collected over social networks
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a social media content collection engine, which in operation,accepts one or more query terms submitted by a user for search of social media content over a social network;
retrieves a plurality of content items containing all or at least a subset of the query terms from the social network in real time, wherein each of the content items is an expression of an opinion by an author;
identifies sentiment expressed by the author of each of the plurality of content items retrieved toward a specific event or topic;
filters the plurality of content items to a subset of the content items based on whether the identified sentiments of the content items are positive, neutral, or negative;
a social media content analysis engine, which in operation,presents the content items to the user;
computes aggregate metrics or analysis of the subset of filtered content items and presents these as result to the user.
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Abstract
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to filter and/or rank a plurality of content items retrieved from a social network based on the sentiments expressed by the authors of the content items and/or the influence level of the authors over the social network. First, content items matching a set of keywords submitted by a user are retrieved from the social network. The sentiments and/or the influence levels of the authors of these content items are then identified in real time. Once identified, the sentiments and/or influence levels of the authors are used to filter and/or rank the retrieved content items to generate a search result that matches with the sentiment and/or influence level specified by the user. Finally, the customized search result based on the sentiments and/or the influence levels of the authors is presented to the user.
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35 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a social media content collection engine, which in operation, accepts one or more query terms submitted by a user for search of social media content over a social network; retrieves a plurality of content items containing all or at least a subset of the query terms from the social network in real time, wherein each of the content items is an expression of an opinion by an author; identifies sentiment expressed by the author of each of the plurality of content items retrieved toward a specific event or topic; filters the plurality of content items to a subset of the content items based on whether the identified sentiments of the content items are positive, neutral, or negative; a social media content analysis engine, which in operation, presents the content items to the user; computes aggregate metrics or analysis of the subset of filtered content items and presents these as result to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a social media content collection engine, which in operation, accepts one or more query terms submitted by a user for analysis of social media content over a social network; retrieves a plurality of content items containing all or at least a subset of the keywords from the social network in real time, wherein each of the content items is an expression of an opinion by an author; identifies influence level of the author of each of the plurality of content items retrieved; filters the plurality of content items to a subset of the content items based on the identified influence levels of the authors; a social media content analysis engine, which in operation, presents the content items to the user computes aggregate metrics or analysis of the subset of filtered content items and presents these as result to the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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accepting one or more query terms submitted by a user for search of social media content over a social network; retrieving a plurality of content items containing all or at least a subset of the query terms from the social network in real time, wherein each of the content items is an expression of an opinion by an author; identifying sentiment expressed by the author of each of the plurality of content items retrieved toward a specific event or topic; filtering the plurality of content items to a subset of the content items based on whether the identified sentiments of the content items are positive, neutral, or negative; presenting the subset of filtered content items as search result to the user. computing aggregate metrics or analysis of the subset of filtered content items and presenting these as result to the user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method, comprising:
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accepting one or more keywords submitted by a user for search of social media content over a social network; retrieving a plurality of content items containing all or at least a subset of the keywords from the social network in real time, wherein each of the content items is an expression of an opinion by an author; identifying influence level of the author of each of the plurality of content items retrieved; filtering the plurality of content items to a subset of the content items based on the identified influence levels of the authors; presenting the subset of filtered content items as search result to the user. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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