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DETERMINING INFORMATION INTER-RELATIONSHIPS FROM DISTRIBUTED GROUP DISCUSSIONS

  • US 20150142888A1
  • Filed: 10/24/2014
  • Published: 05/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • obtaining, by one or more configured computing systems of a group discussion analysis service, information about a distributed group discussion that involves a plurality of users submitting a plurality of textual comments for the distributed group discussion, wherein the obtained information indicates a plurality of topics mentioned in contents of the plurality of textual comments, and wherein each topic is associated with one or more of the plurality of textual comments whose contents mention the topic;

    determining, by the one or more configured computing systems, multiple terms of interest that are distinct from the plurality of topics, and assigning each of the multiple terms to one of multiple graph axes;

    determining, by the one or more configured computing systems, and for each of at least some of the plurality of topics, a relevance of the topic to the multiple terms based at least in part on the textual comments associated with the topic; and

    providing, by the one or more configured computing systems, information to initiate display of a multi-dimensional graph that includes the multiple graph axes and that includes visual indicators for multiple of the at least some topics on the multi-dimensional graph, wherein a position of each of the multiple topics on the displayed multi-dimensional graph is based on the determined relevance of the topic to the multiple terms and is based on the assignment of the multiple terms to the multiple graph axes, to enable a visual determination from the displayed multi-dimensional graph of relative relevance of the multiple topics to the multiple terms.

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